Hello!!? This seams to be a very useful and interesting device Please can any one Give me more information about it? their website: or any other contact details?
thanks a lot for your kind help awaiting for your earliest and positive reply. many thanks regards Mamta. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vishal M Jain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "accessindia" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 2:58 PM Subject: [AI] Fw: India News: A device to 'hear' what they can't see Regards, Vishal Jain Ph : 080-41140564 Website : http://vishal.hello.googlepages.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "BlindNews Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 6:32 AM Subject: India News: A device to 'hear' what they can't see > MonstersAndCritics.com (UK) > Thursday, May 03, 2007 > > India News: A device to 'hear' what they can't see > > By Indo-Asian News Service > > Agra, May 3 (IANS) A group of IT students here have developed a device > that can enable the blind to hear what they cannot see or read. > > Called 'E-Netra', it costs Rs.2,000-3,000 and it reads texts through an > embedded system and converts them into voice that can be heard through > earphones. > > Right now it can only read text, but later it is likely to pick up prints > in Braille script. > > The Agra College team that took six months to develop the device and the > software to go with it was led by R.K. Sharma and included his assistants > Karan, Mayank, Akshat, Khalid and Jitendra. > > Sized like a mobile, the device consists of an automatic zoom camera that > will store the text in memory. It will also emit signals if the page is > out of focus. The text will be converted automatically into speech. > > The device can read newspapers, books and even signboards. > > 'Considering that everything cannot be translated or converted into > readable items through Braille script, the new development can be of great > help to the disabled,' said Vikas Pandit, a professor at the university's > IT department. > > > http://news.monstersandcritics.com/india/news/article_1299568.php/A_device_to_hear_what_they_cant_see > > -- > BlindNews mailing list > > To contact a list moderator about a problem or to make a request, send a > message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The BlindNews list is archived at: http://GeoffAndWen.com/blind/ > > To address a message to all members of the list, send mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Access your subscription info at: > http://blindprogramming.com/mailman/listinfo/blindnews_blindprogramming.com > > To unsubscribe via e-mail: send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in either > the subject or body of the message To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
