A trip to Dick's Gadget Warehouse For A Look At The Note Teller.

Note Teller from BRYTECH dates back to the late 1990’s. The Note Teller is a gray, rectangular box roughly 6” long, 3” wide and an 1” thick. It’s designed as an aid for the visually impaired. There’s a slot toward the top of the device where a bill (bill as in US Treasury notes) is inserted. Inserting the bill automatically turns the unit on, and a voice announces the denomination, from $1 to $100 via a built-in speaker. There’s a headphone jack for privacy and a slider switch that can adjust the volume to low, medium or high. Note Teller can be set to make announcements in English or Spanish. The Note Teller I have from Dick’s Gadget Warehouse is pretty much useless today. Although it still worked when I installed a new 9 Volt battery, it can’t identify any of the newer US bills. I only was able to get it to identify old $1 bills. There is a newer version available now; Note Teller 2, which not only can recognize the newer bills, but also be upgraded by the manufacturer (for a fee) to identify new bill designs that may enter circulation. If the Note Teller cannot determine the bills denomination, it says "cannot read." The unit also announces, "replace battery" when the battery’s weak. It cost about $300. Info on the newer model is here:

http://www.brytech.com/noteteller/

While doing a web search on Note Teller I came across a device called iBill Reader that costs $100. I haven’t seen this device in person, or used one, but it could be worth checking out. 

http://www.independentliving.com/prodinfo.asp?number=541602

And Leo mentioned you can buy a money recognition program for smart phones that only costs about $10. You hold the money in front of the camera, and a voice idenitifies it.

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