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April 17, 2014 06:01 pm GMT
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MITs FingerReader Helps The Blind Read With A Swipe Of A Digit
At MIT’s Media Labs, researchers Roy Shilkrot, Jochen Huber and others are working on the “FingerReader,” a ring-like device that straps itself around your finger and reads printed text out loud with a synthesized voice, thanks to a mounted camera and heavily modified open source software. TheFingerReader’s voiceis clipped and metallic – what one might liken to… Read MoreOriginal Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/I39HOApWcps/
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