RBI launches new app for visually challenged to identify currency notes

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched a mobile application called ‘Mobile Aided Note Identifier’ or ‘MANI’. The ‘MANI’ would help visually challenged persons to identify the denomination of currency notes, and thereby facilitating their day to day transactions. The app was launched in the presence of RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das in the national capital.

“Indian banknotes contain several features which enable the visually impaired (colour blind, partially sighted and blind people) to identify them, viz., intaglio printing and tactile mark, variable banknote size, large numerals, variable colour, monochromatic hues and patterns. Technological progress has opened up new opportunities for making Indian banknotes more accessible for the visually impaired, thereby facilitating their day to day transactions,” the RBI said in a statement.

The application is easily accessible on all smartphones and can be downloaded free of cost from the Google Play Store and iOS App Store.