Promotional Currency Reader, United States, ca 2015
date: label: date made
content: ca 2015
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) promotional currency reader with braille directions
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, ca 2015
label: Description (Brief)
content: 2015.0078.1a
label: Description (Brief)
content: Front Text: iBill / ORBIT Research
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: This object is used by individuals with disabilities to read the denominations of new United States currency notes.
label: Description
content: American banknotes are the same size, weight, and texture regardless of denomination. This uniformity makes it difficult for people who are blind or visually impaired to determine the value of their banknotes. In 2015, the U.S. Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing established the U.S. Currency Reader Program to help provide people who are blind or have low vision with meaningful access to U.S. banknotes.
label: Description
content: The iBill Currency Reader is a small, handheld device that reads all U.S. banknotes. The reader communicates the value of the banknote through a voice, pattern of tones, or pattern of vibrations. The vibrations setting make the iBill useful to people who are both deaf and blind. The U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing provides iBills to eligible individuals at no charge.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: US Department of the Treasury
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0078.1
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0078.1
label: accession number
content: 2015.0078
objectType: label: Object Name
content: currency reader
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, metal (currency reader material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (directions material)
label: Measurements
content: currency reader: 7.2 cm x 4 cm x 1.8 cm; 2 27/32 in x 1 9/16 in x 23/32 in