[tabi] Fw: [VICUG-L] Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNote(tm)App to Help the Blind and Visually Impaired Denominate US Currency

From: "Lynn Evans" <evans-lynn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:29:29 -0400

good news for those using the I Phone & I Pad:

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

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