[rehab] Money Identifier Coming

[Angel]

There goes the idea of tactile paper currency.
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From: "David Andrews via rehab" <rehab at nfbnet.org>
To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 8:55 PM
Subject: [rehab] Money Identifier Coming


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> Roll Call
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> Thousands of 'Currency Readers' in the Pipeline for the Blind
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> By Anne L. Kim Posted at 4:31 p.m. on June 11
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> While a $1 bill means something entirely different than a $100 bill, they 
> might not feel too different to the visually impaired. The government is 
> ready to do something about that challenge, though.
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> The Bureau of Engraving and Printing expects to distribute between 100,000 
> and 500,000 "currency readers" to the blind and others who are visually 
> impaired, says Larry R. Felix, director of the bureau in written testimony 
> for a House Financial Services Committee hearing today.
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> In a report last year, the Government Accountability Office described the 
> gizmos as "portable electronic devices capable of speaking the 
> denomination of a bill out loud."
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> The effort is part of a response by the Treasury Department to a court 
> ruling several years ago that directed the department to provide the blind 
> and visually impaired with meaningful access to currency.
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> "We plan to launch a pilot program this summer and roll the program out 
> nationally in 2015. The project plan is under joint development and will 
> be operated by the BEP an the LOC/NLS," Felix said in his statement. 
> LOC/NLS is the Library of Congress' service for the blind and physically 
> handicapped. Felix said the office helped to develop the readers.
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>         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
> E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org
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