No, it is a payment system, not a pseudo currency. Think of it as an open-source Paypal.
It has been used as a digital voucher system on some events, and there is afaik a trial with a inofficial regional currency somewhere in Italy.
But mainly people are currently waiting for the first bank to offer an option to charge your Taler wallet with Euros. There is a German coop bank that plans to do so in the comming weeks.