New Version of the Qatari Money Reader Application Released
ICT, Middle East, August 25 2021
Through the Mada Innovation Program, and in partnership with Qatar Central Bank, Mada center has launched the new version of the “Qatari Money Reader” application on smart phones, one of the most prominent achievements of the strategic partnership between Mada Center and Qatar Central Bank, which aims to provide digitally accessible banking services.
Mada Center invests in the new version of this application to assist persons with visual impairments and the elderly with reading and identifying notes that are in their possession during purchasing, making it a new addition to the world of independent living for persons with disabilities and the elderly, which the center advocates within its strategy.
The Qatari Money Reader application is considered the first of its kind in the State of Qatar to combine the full extent of modern technology and the needs of persons with visual impairments and the elderly. It works through a smart algorithm that combines the capabilities contained in the smartphones and the database registered in the program to read the value of notes in both Arabic and English, to make a qualitative leap in the world [...]