[rehab] rehab Digest, Vol 95, Issue 9

[Edward K Gervasoni]

Hi Ed Gervasoni here,  O & M & Rehab Teacher from Tucson, AZ. My question is - Where does this device leave the blind people who are also hard of hearing or deaf?
On Jun 15, 2014, at 9:00 AM, rehab-request at nfbnet.org wrote:

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>   1. Re: Money Identifier Coming (Jan Bailey)
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> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 17:16:37 -0500
> From: "Jan Bailey" <jlb021951 at gmail.com>
> To: "'Angel'" <angel238 at sbcglobal.net>,	"'Rehabilitation Counselor
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> Subject: Re: [rehab] Money Identifier Coming
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> No, they are still working on that, but it will take time, so this for in
> the meantime.
> Jan
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rehab [mailto:rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Angel via rehab
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 9:25 PM
> To: David Andrews; Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [rehab] Money Identifier Coming
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> There goes the idea of tactile paper currency.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 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
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>> 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
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>> 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
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>> 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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