[nfb-talk] U.S. Department of Education AnnouncesNewApp to Identify U.S. Currency to Assist Individuals who are Blind

Mon Oct 15 15:57:03 UTC 2012

Hi Everyone, 
The Eye note is the ap from U.S. treasury which is from the ap store. It
works well. It will tell you if your dollar bill is front side up or
back side. And it is free. 

Yasmin Reyazuddin 
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-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lloyd
Rasmussen
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 11:32 AM
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Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] U.S. Department of Education AnnouncesNewApp to
Identify U.S. Currency to Assist Individuals who are Blind

I think somebody misspoke.  There is a US Treasury app for the iPhone.
It 
used to have a reputation of not being nearly as good as Looktell, but I
was 
talking to someone this weekend who says it is fine.  It's probably time
to 
straighten this out on Applevis.com.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve Jacobson
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 10:56 AM
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] U.S. Department of Education Announces NewApp to

Identify U.S. Currency to Assist Individuals who are Blind

For those of us who have not migrated to the I Phone yet, is the
LookTell 
app a Department of Education/Treasury app?

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:07:56 -0700, Mike Freeman wrote:

>The original KNFB Reader (the one that was a PDA) actually read
currency
>quite well. But there ain't nothing quite like the LookTel MoneyReader.

>Mike

>-----Original Message-----
>From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of qubit
>Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 7:22 PM
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>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] U.S. Department of Education Announces New App
to
>Identify U.S. Currency to Assist Individuals who are Blind

>There's also the IBill and the knfb reader, which has a command for
>identifying currency.
>I think the OCR apps like kurzweil and OpenBook also id currency, but
they
>are not mobile.
>   I have the knfb reader, but I have had problems holding the money in
the
>right orientation to get a successful scan.
>Happy spending.
>--le
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "christopher nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
>To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 7:34 PM
>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] U.S. Department of Education Announces New App
to
>Identify U.S. Currency to Assist Individuals who are Blind

>I would be interested to know how this app compares with the currency
>identification apps which are already out there, such as LookTell
>Money Reader and the EyeNote app from the Beareau of Engraving and
>Printing. Has anybody on this list used this Ideal Currency Identifier
>app, and if so, how does it compare with the other currency ID apps?
>Chris

>Sent from my iPhone

>On Oct 12, 2012, at 9:40 AM, Sheri Anderson
<sheri.k.anderson at gmail.com>
>wrote:

>> Good morning Fellow Federationists,
>>
>> Just sharing the below information.
>>
>> Warmly,
>> Sheri
>>
>>
>http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-announces
-new-
>app-identify-us-currency
>> U.S. Department of Education Announces New App to Identify U.S.
Currency
>> U.S. Treasurer Applauds Department of Education's Accessibility
Effort
>> October 9, 2012
>>
>> Contact:
>> Timothy Muzzio, Education Department, (202) 245-7458
>> Darlene Anderson, Treasury, (202) 874-2229
>>
>> The U.S. Department of Education announced today the launch of the
>> "IDEAL Currency Identifier," a free downloadable application (app) to
>> assist individuals who are blind or visually impaired to denominate
>> U.S. currency on some mobile devices.
>> The IDEAL Currency Identifier was developed by IDEAL Group, IQ
>> Engines, and the Wireless Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
>> (RERC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology through a grant from
the
>> Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and
>> Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), a component of the Office of Special
>> Education and Rehabilitative Services. NIDRR is the primary U.S.
>> government agency focused on disability and rehabilitation research.
>> Its mission is to generate research knowledge and assistive
>> technologies while promoting their effective use in improving the
>> abilities and opportunities of individuals with disabilities in
>> performing activities of their choice in the community. The
initiative
>> supports the Department of Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and
Printing
>> (BEP) in its mandate to provide increased access to U.S. currency for
>> persons who are blind and visually impaired.
>> Dr. Charlie Lakin, the Director of NIDRR, issued the following
>> statement: "Through our dialogue with the BEP, a special opportunity
>> emerged to fulfill our mission in support of persons who are blind
and
>> visually impaired. The IDEAL Currency Identifier uses advanced image
>> recognition technology to read a note and, in a matter of seconds,
>> provides users with an audible response indicating the note's
>> denomination."
>> Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios applauded the Department of
>> Education's role in the app's development. "Treasury is committed to
>> providing meaningful access to U.S. currency and, by using
technology,
>> we can help hundreds of thousands of individuals who are blind or
>> visually impaired. Our collaboration with the Department of Education
>> allowed us to be resourceful and, in turn, more individuals will have
>> the means to independently denominate the U.S. currency they use in
>> daily commerce."
>> The app, which interacts with Google's "Eyes-Free" applications, can
>> be downloaded for free on more than 1,250 different wireless devices.
>> The IDEAL Currency Identifier was developed by Apps4Android, Inc., a
>> subsidiary of IDEAL Group that develops mobile applications.
>> Android-based devices are produced by 48 manufacturers and
distributed
>> by 60 wireless service providers in 136 countries.
>> This new app is one of several measures the government is developing
>> to assist people with vision impairments to denominate currency. In
>> April 2011, the BEP introduced EyeNoteR, a similar currency reading
>> mobile app. There have been more than 8,000 free downloads of the
>> EyeNoteR app since its introduction.
>> In May 2011, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner approved three measures
>> to provide accessibility to U.S. currency for those who are blind or
>> visually impaired. These measures include implementing a Currency
>> Reader Program to distribute a currency reader device to blind and
>> visually impaired U.S. citizens; continuing to add large
high-contrast
>> numerals and different background colors to redesigned currency the
>> BEP may lawfully change; and adding a raised tactile feature to U.S.
>> currency unique to each U.S. Federal Reserve note that BEP may
>> lawfully change, which would provide users with a means of
identifying
>> each denomination via touch. For more information about the IDEAL
>> Currency Identifier and other accessibility apps, please visit
>> www.moneyfactory.gov.
>>
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