[vip_students] Re: Fwd: Re: [TTZ] Finger ring reader
- From: Tony Sweeney <tonymsweeney@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:49:49 +0100
Well anyway let's hope that it's a success, sounds promising indeed.
Anyone hear/read any more developments of the product I for one would be
glad to hear.
Tony Sweeney
On 16/07/2014 14:34, Eleanor Martha Burke wrote:
Yes Tony, I think someone might have even posted it to this list or at
least Domanique did post to some list if I recall correctly.
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Subject: [vip_students] Fwd: Re: [TTZ] Finger ring reader
(Hi folk,
You may have seen the below taken from another list but for those who
haven't.)
Thought this worth passing along. Hot off the press announcement for
the visually impaired.
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-mit-finger-device-real.h
<http://phys.org/news/2014-07-mit-finger-device-real.html> Scientists
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an audio
reading device to be worn on the index finger of people whose vision
is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
words. The so-called Finger Reader, a prototype produced by a 3-D
printer, fits like a ring on the user's finger, equipped with a small
camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud,
quickly translating books, restaurant menus and other needed
materials for daily living, especially away from home or office.
Reading is as easy as pointing the finger at text. Special software
tracks the finger movement, identifies words and processes the
information. The device has vibration motors that alert readers when
they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing the
device at the MIT Media Lab. For Jerry Berrier, 62, who was born
blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
of real-time functionality at school, a doctor's office and
restaurants. "When I go to the doctor's office, there may be forms
that I wanna read before I sign them," Berrier said. He said there
are other optical character recognition
<http://phys.org/tags/optical+character+recognition/> devices on the
market for t(You may have seen the below but for those who haven't
see below that I got from another list.)
hose with vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will
read in real time. Berrier manages training and evaluation for a
federal program that distributes technology to low-income people in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island who have lost their sight and hearing.
He works from the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown,
Massachusetts. Read more at:
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-mit-finger-device-real.html#jCp BOB
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