RBI Launches ‘Mani’ App For Visually Impaired To Identify Currency Notes

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to assist visually impaired persons to identify banknotes, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today launched a mobile app.

The Mobile Aided Note Identifier (MANI) is capable of identifying the denominations of Mahatma Gandhi Series and Mahatma Gandhi (New) series banknote by checking front or reverse side/part of the note including half folded notes at various holding angles and broad range of light conditions (normal light/day light/low light/ etc.)

The key feature of the app is that once installed, the mobile application does not require internet and works in offline mode. The mobile application does not authenticate a note as being either genuine or counterfeit.

The app was launched by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das today.

RBI Governor @DasShaktikanta today launched a mobile application MANI (Mobile Aided Note Identifier) to aid visually impaired persons in identifying denomination of currency notes. The app can be freely downloaded from Android Play Store and iOS App Store
#rbitoday #rbigovernor pic.twitter.com/YXUzP3MBxt

— ReserveBankOfIndia (@RBI) January 1, 2020

The app can identify the denomination through audio notification in Hindi/English and non-sonic mode such as vibration (suitable for those with vision and hearing impairment).