[Nfbf-l] exciting news, soon to be free!

[Matt Roberts]

I have that application on my iPhone, and it doesn't work. The best money identifier is Money Reader from LookTell.

Matt Roberts
386-679-1986

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On Jun 27, 2011, at 1:01 PM, "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thought this was worth passing along. KH
> FW: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNote(tm)App
> 
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> 
> From: What's new from the National Eye Institute
> [mailto:INSIDENEI at LIST.NIH.GOV] On Behalf Of Collins-Lee, Kym (NIH/NEI) [E]
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 4:40 PM
> To: INSIDENEI at LIST.NIH.GOV
> Subject: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNote(tm)App
> 
> Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNoteTApp to Help the Blind and
> Visually Impaired Denominate U.S. Currency
> 
> 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 EyeNoteT. EyeNoteT is a mobile device app
> designed for Apple iPhone (3G, 3Gs, 4), and the 4th Generation iPod Touch
> and iPad2 platforms, and is available through the Apple iTunes App Store.
> 
> EyeNoteT 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, EyeNoteT
> 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 could 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 http://www.eyenote.gov/ or through email at
> eyenote at bep.gov.
> 
> More information can be found also at:
> http://www.moneyfactory.gov/uscurrency/meaningfulaccess.html.
> 
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