MANI

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

About this app

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been sensitive to the challenges faced by the visually challenged in conducting their day to day business with Indian banknotes. MANI will aid the visually impaired to identify the denomination of Indian banknotes of Mahatma Gandhi Series and Mahatma Gandhi (New) series by capturing the image of the notes placed in front of rear mobile camera. The application will generate audio and non-sonic notification intimating the currency note denomination to the user.

MANI utilizes the underlying Talkback feature of Android phones to help visually impaired users to interact with their mobile phone.

Disclaimer – MANI is made available by the RBI at no cost for the guidance of the visually challenged persons in identifying the denomination of Indian Banknotes. The RBI nor any of its authorities nor agencies nor officers nor employees nor advisors give any warranty or make any representation, express or implied, as to the completeness or accuracy of the results given by the application, which may vary on account of difference in conditions, including but not limited to, light, soilage condition of the banknotes and interference from nearby objects. Users may exercise discretion and supplement the results of the app by checking the denomination through other ways of note identification. The RBI does not take any responsibility, and no claim shall lie against the RBI, for the results of the application and for any decisions taken by the users based on the said results. By downloading, accessing or using this application, you signify your assent to this disclaimer. This mobile application does not check or authenticate the genuineness of Indian Banknotes.

Ratings and reviews

Good initiative. But Need some improvements. 1) The sound dictation is really high... Even after reducing the volume, it's automatically getting increased as soon as we interact with the app in any way. So this needs to be fixed. 2) Its getting confused bw 10 & 100, 20 & 200 and 50 & 500. 3) And Think it should have a feature to deduct multiple notes at once... maybe upto 5-10 notes. It should tell the user what are all the denominations in that stack, total number of notes, summation, etc.,

It works well with all other notes except old ₹10 note, for some reason it says ₹5 note. I tested it with multiple ₹10 notes the result was the same. I even tried zooming in and out the distance no changes in result. Also the notes should be layed out straight. There shouldn't be any other notes below the note being identified. It hard to mark a score for reliability of the app. But if you can't trust anyone around you, then the app could be life saver.

Many issues with the app. Voice is too high and above all it does not serve the purpose. It's not able to scans all the notes correctly. It's able identify 90℅ Single notes but when you scan mix sample there is almost nil accuracy. Still long way to go. Keep working on it and one fine day things will start falling in the place.

What's new

Version upgrade