Are they saying that they have created a mobile scanner like created by kurzweil and NFB in US? that too for Rs. 2000 or so?!
Rajesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vishal M Jain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mamta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Fw: India News: A device to 'hear' what they can't see > Any friends or relatives in Agra may try to findout their contacts and other > details. > I feel we should encourage such experts to develop the device. > > Regards, > Vishal Jain > Ph : 080-41140564 > Website : http://vishal.hello.googlepages.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mamta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 2:10 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] Fw: India News: A device to 'hear' what they can't see > > > > 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_t o_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 > > > 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
