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Intel released an e-reader for the blind

Tuesday, December 22, 2009


Intel has introduced its Intel Reader, a device that reads electronic books, and also allows you to scan any kind of text to play with a character recognition system.

In these times when every week goes to market a new model of e-book reader, Intel has thought about the blind or seriously visually impaired, with an e-reader aimed specifically at them.

Intel is the Reader, can read books in different tones or digital files. Also includes a 5 MP camera with autofocus, picture text to all media.

For example, you can scan a 250 page book in half an hour. Then your character recognition technology reproduces the text capturado.El reader includes a 4GB SSD memory, allowing you to store up to 600 documents with text and images, or up to 500,000 pages of text only. Then your battery can play up to 4 hours of audio and tactile buttons almacenado.Los audio menus let you manage the device to blind people without assistance. Also includes a 4-inch screen to enlarge the text if graves.Otra visually impaired functionality is to convert text to mp3 files that can be transferred to a computer or digital player using the USB connection. Through this you can also download audio books in DAISY format.

The reader has been developed by the research lab of Intel Digital Health Group. Only in America can have an estimated audience of more than 50 million people with problems in vista.Su price, yes, this is highly affordable: between $ 1499 i $ 2,000. An amount significantly above the average of the digital book readers, which in some cases (like Amazon Kindle) are also capable of "reading" a text aloud.

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