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The visually impaired will be able to read regular books

25.04.2014

MIT scientists are developing a device that can help visually impaired people read regular books, not just those written in special Braille.

The device, called FingerReader, is equipped with a camera and, judging by the cable, is connected to a computer that processes the incoming information. Naturally, in the future, the connection will be made wireless, or the device will be taught to process data on its own. One way or another, the information coming from the camera is processed by special software, recognized and read aloud.

The device follows the person's finger, reading a certain line. The device signals the end or beginning of a new line with a vibration signal. In the same way, a person is notified that he has strayed from a readable line.

Here lies the difficulty, because it will be difficult for visually impaired people, even with the help of FingerReader, to constantly follow the selected line and not stray up or down. By the way, the device is able to recognize text, starting with the twelfth font. It is worth noting the ability of the "finger" to read not only from paper books, but also from electronic ones.

One source suggests that a similar device could be used by people with normal vision, but for other purposes. For example, for translating texts from foreign languages or just reading aloud. However, for the first case, there are many programs that require only a smartphone, and as for reading aloud, the device is not able to analyze the sentence as a whole and, accordingly, change intonation, which worsens the perception of the text.

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