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| Posted: 18 Nov 2009 10:57 | ||
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Chip giant Intel has shown-off a device designed to give vision-impaired and dyslexic people access to printed text. The device, known as the Reader, captures text and then reads it aloud and displays it on its built-in screen. The development is unusual because so-called "assistive technologies" are normally manufactured by specialist companies rather than global giants. The Reader is the size of a paperback book and uses a high-resolution camera and Intel's Atom processor. The 600g (1.3lb) device was developed by Intel access technology director, Ben Foss, who is dyslexic himself. "As someone who is part of the dyslexic community, I am thrilled to be able to help level the playing field for people who, like me, do not have easy access to the printed word," he said. 'Tactile scanner' The Reader is being launched in the UK on 17 November at an event in London, after being unveiled in the US last week. It is expected to sell for around £1,000. Intel estimates that this technology could benefit as many as eight million people in the UK - if the six million people with dyslexia and other learning difficulties and the two million people with impaired vision are added together. |
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