A open source and low cost color and money bill identifier portable device.
Our solution is a low cost color and money bill identifier portable device. This device reads the color of an object or the value of a money bill and speaks the name in loud sound. Our identifier software will be open source and the hardware will have its project open.
The needed people are addressing the problem of color recognition relying on someone to help them or buying a market device. There are some identifiers sold in Brazil, with prices varying from $300 (color only) to $600 (money bill only). However it is a high cost to the Brazilian’s visually impaired and there isn’t an integrated device to identify, with one device, colors and money.
We have information from our NGO partners about a need for a product like the AUIRE color and money identifier. Also, we have developed a prototype and made it public on the university’s website. Since then we receive emails from people requesting to buy the device. The prototype was developed during the graduation course. At the end of the development, we presented it on an exposition to many NGOs which give us lot of feedback about the device’s usability. Also the NGOs demonstrate a huge interest in taking it to the market.
AUIRE is a Social Business that develops low cost assistive devices to visually impaired people. 
