[Nfbmd] EyeNoteâ¢App to Help the Blind and Visually Impaired Denominate US Currency
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Wed Jun 1 20:30:35 UTC 2011
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From: Chrissie Day- <cmdayrdh at aol.com
Subject: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNoteâ¢App
to Help the Blind and Visually Impaired Denominate US Currency
Date sent: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:49:53 -0400 (EDT)
FYI
Please share with Jackie, I don't have her email thanks

Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNoteâ¢App
to Help the Blind and Visually Impaired Denominate US 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 EyeNoteâ¢.
EyeNote⢠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.
EyeNote⢠uses image recognition technology to determine a
noteâs denomination. The mobile deviceâs camera requires 51
percent of a noteâs scanned image, front or back, to process.
In a matter of seconds, EyeNote⢠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.bep.treas.gov/uscurrency/meaningfulaccess
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