[Nfb-krafters-korner] Eyenote

[Laurie Porter]

this is a new ap here is the  information about it

www.eyenote.gov----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
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Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Eyenote


> Is this a new AP or is it the one that Dixie has talked about?
>
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
>
>
> In a message dated 4/22/2011 2:13:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> b.butterfly at comcast.net writes:
>
> How cool  is this!
>
> Becky and Jake
>
> for IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dawn R.  Haley (202) 874-3545 Darlene
> Anderson
> (202) 874-2229 Bureau of Engraving  and Printing Launches EyeNote(tm)App 
> to
> Help the Blind and Visually  Impaired Denominate US Currency (Washington, 
> DC
> -April 20, 2011) The Bureau  of Engraving and Printing
> (BEP) has developed a free downloadable  application (app) to assist the
> blind and visually impaired denominate US  currency. The app is called
> EyeNote(tm). EyeNote(tm) is a mobile device app  designed for Apple iPhone
> (3G, 3Gs, 4), and the 4th Generation iPod Touch  and iPad2 platforms, and 
> is
> available starting today through the Apple  iTunes App Store.
> EyeNote(tm) uses image recognition technology to  determine a note's
> denomination. The mobile device's camera requires 51  percent of a note's
> scanned image, front or back, to process. In a matter  of seconds,
> EyeNote(tm) can provide an audible or vibrating response, and  can
> denominate
> all Federal Reserve notes issued since 1996. Free downloads  will be
> available whenever new US currency designs are  introduced.
> Research indicates that more than 100,000 blind and visually  impaired
> individuals currently own an Apple iPhone.
> The EyeNoteTM app is  one of a variety of measures the government is 
> working
> to deploy to assist  the visually impaired community to denominate 
> currency,
> as proposed in a  recent Federal Register notice.
> These measures include implementing a  Currency Reader Program whereby a
> United States resident, who is blind or  visually impaired, may obtain a
> coupon that can be applied toward the  purchase of a device to denominate
> United States currency; continuing to  add large high contrast numerals 
> and
> different background colors to  redesigned currency; and, raised tactile
> features may be added to  redesigned currency, which would provide users
> with
> a means of identifying  each denomination via touch.
> More information is available  at
> www.eyenote.gov
>
>
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