When Moses Gitari () mysteriously lost his sight at the age of 17, he struggled to adjust to life in darkness as a visually impaired person. "The government said blind people would be able to tell the value of the new notes, but it is not true. Cash Reader is a money identifier application that helps the visually impaired, including those who are totally blind, to identify the value of money. “Gitari has been instrumental in adding African currencies to the app,” Jelinek tells The Standard. The application can also identify money under different lighting conditions, even at night, and in several local languages, including Swahili.

Source: Standard Digital May 29, 2020 19:26 UTC