Hi, Just heard about this IPhone app that sounds really useful for identifying US currency. I just got forarded a message about it and thought it might be usefulf or others.
Thanks, Brandon Begin forwarded message: > From: "Prince, Amanda" <[email protected]> > Date: April 25, 2011 8:09:27 PM EDT > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: FW: Free Eyenote Software Application > > Brandon, Hi Hope you are doing well. Saw this email and thought of you! > Don't know if you have apple products or not. Thought it was pretty cool. > Take care! > > Amanda Prince > > > > > At the Spring NCSAB meeting the Bureau of Engraving and Printing provided > information about progress towards making paper dollars accessible. Below > is an article that David De Notaris forwarded: > > > 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 > __._,_.___ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
