This is not the first device of the type. It may well be the smallest. I beta tested a similar device a few years ago to help assess how it might work for blind users.
The problem with these devices and the blind is, these devices require exact tracking of each line of text. They also require that the user keep the text in very good vertical alignment. Both tasks are easy for sighted people, and almost impossible for blind people. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 26 Feb 2014, at 5:45, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hi all, >> >> First, forgive the cross-post and the OT post., but as I know reading is a >> subject that occupies much space on both lists, it seemed appropriate to >> post to both. >> >> Below is a link I received to an article about a new product under >> development. It’s a device that you wear on your finger, and then scan >> across a line of text to hear it read out loud. It obviously has a ways to >> go before it would be practical to use, but wow, what cool possibilities it >> could open up, if the OCR capability is decent. >> >> http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/finger-computer-reads-books-aloud-140221.htm?utm_source=TW&utm_medium=DNews&utm_campaign=DNewsSocial >> >> Cheers, >> Donna > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
