[Nfbf-l] Thousands of 'Currency Readers' in the Pipeline for the Blind

[Jim Ellsworth]

Sherri,

I wouldn't forget about the Looktel Money Reader which is excellent and
quite fast and works on the iOS operating system and only costs $10.  The
app is very easy to use and can allow you to have both hands free so if you
have a large bundh of bills you can just start the app and lay the phone
face down on a table with the rear facing camera pointing up and put a bill
over it a few inches away and it will give you the denomination and is 100%
accurate.  One of the best features is if the bill is folded in half or even
in whatever shape you keep your money in there is no need to unfolde it as
it will be read anyway.  Of course if the bill is all crushed up and
wrinkled you will need to at least flatten the bill to some degree.  I own
an iBill which I paid $100 for and it now sits in a drawer and has been
there for a couple of years or longer.  My money reader is so accurate and
quick that I simply do not anything else.  I want to add that I checked out
the free iNote bill identifier when it first came out and found it lacking.
I believe there has been an upgrade to it but I haven't looked at it.  Maybe
it has gotten better but I don't need it.  If you are interested in the
money reader app just do a search in the Apple app store for Looktel.  They
have a couple of different apps but money reader is the only one you need.
Don't worry about it being accessible as there is nothing you have to do to
get it working except to start the app.  There are no buttons to have to tap
or anything else.  I would give it a serious look since it is only $10.

Thanks,
Jim

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>From the sound of the article, I come to the same conclusion. The iBill is
great!
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I am 99 percent sure they are using the iBill.

Dave

At 08:10 AM 6/18/2014, you wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>The only question I have is why didn't they just use the already 
>existing technology which is the iBill currency identifier?  Not only 
>would it help the blind but it also helps those who are deaf and blind.
>
>Anyway, just my thought.
>
>Thanks,
>Jim Ellsworth
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>via Nfbf-l
>Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 7:39 PM
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>Subject: [Nfbf-l] Thousands of 'Currency Readers' in the Pipeline for 
>the Blind
>
>Thousands of 'Currency Readers' in the Pipeline for the Blind By Anne L. 
>Kim
>Posted at 4:31 p.m. on June 11 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.
>
>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.
>
>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."
>
>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.
>"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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