The app is out there. From what I hear, though, it is inferior to the Money Reader app, which costs $0.99. The free app requires you to take a picture and is not nearly as fast or accurate. However, it does provide vibratory feedback on supported devices (iPhones) so the deaf-blind can use it, a feature currently lacking in the paid alternative. Still, the $0.99 app is, from what I have read, faster and more accurate since you need only show the bill to the camera instead of taking a picture. Note that I have not tried out the free app yet so am not speaking from personal experience.
On 4/25/11, Brandon Olivares <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- 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.
