[nfbmi-talk] FW: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] FYI - free money reader app

[Fred wurtzel]

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[mailto:nfbaffiliatepresidents-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mika
Pyyhkala
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 9:32 AM
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Thanks for that update Selena, this is the first time I've heard of EyeNote.
FYI its E Y E EyeNote, with the word Eye in front not the letter I.  With
speech pronunciation you might hear it as INote instead.

I quickly tested EyeNote and the LookTell Money Reader.  LookTell Money
Reader is a paid app, I think its $.99, it was all the buzz at CSUN, and the
LookTell Money Reader is overall easier to use and requires less precision
in aiming the camera.  With LookTell Money Reader you simply open the app,
and place the currency near the camera.  You don't have to press any buttons
or functions with in the app to activate it.

There are two aspects where EyeNote has an advantage, it will tell you
whether you are looking at the front or back of a bill, and it appears to
have a vibrating feature not just audio output.

I think of the iPhone and the iOS operating system as being  transformative
for the blind in the same way as things like the BrailleNSpeak, the
internet, etc.


Best,
Mika Pyyhkala


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[mailto:nfbaffiliatepresidents-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sundling
Selena J
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 8:52 AM
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Subject: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] FYI - free money reader app

Does anyone know when they will implement the Currency Reader Program?

Selena



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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