Moving ahe with its plan to enable visually impaired people to identify currency tes, Reserve Bank of India has selected a vendor to develop a mobile phone-based application for m.

RBI selects vendor for mobile app 

RBI on September 6 h told Bombay High Court that an internet connection would t be required for its proposed mobile application which would help visually impaired people identify currency tes. As many as 16 vendors h shown interest in developing mobile phone-based application and five me to "final ranking", said an RBI document. Daffodil Software Pvt Ltd has been selected to develop application, it ded. At present, banktes in deminations of Rs 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 2,000 are in circulation, besides Re 1 tes issued by Centre.

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Identification of bankte demination is key to successful completion of cash-based transactions by visually impaired persons. Intaglio printing based identification marks for helping visually challenged in identification of banktes demination are present in tes of Rs 100 and above. After demonetization of old Rs 500/1,000 tes in vember 2016, new banktes in design and sizes have been put in circulation.

" Reserve Bank of India has been sensitive to challenges faced by visually challenged in conducting ir day to day business with Indian banktes," central bank h said while scouting for a vendor to develop mobile application.

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Mobile App for visually-disabled

proposed mobile app would be able to identify demination of tes of Mahatma Gandhi Series and Mahatma Gandhi (New) series by capturing im of tes placed in front of mobile camera, RBI said while inviting bids from tech firms to develop app. app will also generate "audio tification" intimating currency te demination to user if im is captured correctly, else intimating user to try again in case of im is t reable. re are about 80 lakh blind or visually impaired people in country, who are likely to benefit from initiative of central bank. In June 2018, central bank h stated that it would explore feasibility of developing a suitable device or mechanism for aiding visually impaired in identification of Indian banktes.

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