Thursday, June 22, 2006

Kurzweil set to unveil portable reader for the blind

...a five megapixel digital camera attached to the back of a Windows Mobile
5.0-powered PDA, which is loaded with software that uses optical
character recognition and text-to-speech technology to read aloud the
words contained in user-captured photos. Once it's called into action,
the $4,860 device supplies the operator with an initial "situation
report" that attempts to describe whatever's in the camera's field of
vision; if the report indicates that the desired text is within range,
owners can then choose to snap a photo and listen to the resulting
translation.

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