[Nfbmo] Fw: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNoteApp toHelp the Blind and Visually Impaired Denominate US Currency
Bryan Schulz
b.schulz at sbcglobal.net
Tue May 17 21:02:42 UTC 2011
a nice initiative but i-phone charges are about $75 a month after taxes and
the i-bill reader is $100 firm.
Bryan Schulz
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNoteTApp to Help the Blind and
Visually Impaired Denominate US Currency
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From: Neal Ewers
To: Viphone
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 2:56 PM
Subject: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNoteApp to Help the
Blind and Visually Impaired Denominate US Currency
Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNoteTApp
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 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.goMore information can be found also at:
http://www.bep.treas.gov/uscurrency/meaningfulaccess -----
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