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New iPhone App for the Visually Impaired

Posted on June 13, 2011 | 2 comments

EyeNote™ LogoThe US Bureau of Engraving and Printing has developed EyeNote™  a free, new iPhone app to aid the visually impaired or blind in identifying US paper currency. Essentially, the app is designed to allow the user to hold the bill in one hand and the iPhone in the other while scanning the paper currency. After a few seconds the iPhone will tell the user the denomination of the currency in English or Spanish. EyeNote™ can also operate in privacy mode with a different number of beeps signaling the value of the currency.

The app runs independent of a data connection. EyeNote™ can not differentiate between genuine and fake currency.  EyeNote™ works on the following devices

  • iPhone 3G
  • iPhone 3Gs
  • iPhone 4
  • 4th Generation iPod Touch
  • iPad2EyeNote QR Code URL

Scan the QR code to the right with your iPhone to go to the iTunes EyeNote™ page.

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Acuminder – An Online Contact Lens Replacement Service

Posted on October 24, 2008 | 2 comments

Vistakon, a division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, has developed a Facebook application that reminds patients to replace their contact lenses.  The application allows patients to receive reminders by email or via their Facebook feed.

Patients that are not Facebook users can still use the service by going to the  Acuminder website to register where the can elect to get reminders via text message or email.  There is also an option to download a reminder to you computer desktop.

This is a great idea! We constantly hear that patients forget to replace their contact lenses, thus increasing the risk of eye infections, because the get busy and forget to do it.  The more often contact lenses are replaced the healthier it is for our eyes.  So give your eyes a break and sign up.

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