[Nfbk] FW: Assistive Reading Device

[George Stokes]

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Subject: FW: Assistive Reading Device

 

FYI

 

 

Assistive Reading Device for Those with Visual Impairments

 

Researcher Suranga Nanayakkara from the Singapore University of Technology
and Design and Roy Shilkrot from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) have developed a new way for those with visual impairments to read,
known as the "finger reader." A device is strapped on the user's finger and
a small camera scans text, and then converts it into audio that is read to
the individual. The device works with text printed on paper or electronic
devices, and includes cues to prompt the user to keep their scanning finger
on the line of text. The research team is still testing the device, and
anticipates that it will be ready to disseminate in two years.

 

Full Story: A Ring that Reads Text for the Blind, Reuters, Aug. 25, 2014,
available at 

http://uk.reuters.com/video/2014/09/13/a-ring-that-reads-text-for-the-blind?
videoId=340766584
<http://uk.reuters.com/video/2014/09/13/a-ring-that-reads-text-for-the-blind
?videoId=340766584&videoChannel=118173> &videoChannel=118173

 

 

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