Technology is improving day by day and many of the innovations are being planned for various segments of people. Many of the innovations are also invented for people with various ailments. Like the new Voice Stick, a text scanning device for the visually impaired. As the name suggests, the stick when scanned in the printed letters, the OCR function recognizes the text and converts the information into voice. The voice is then read back and thus helping the visually challenged. It is a quite innovative and practical product. So whatever be the matter, like letters, E-mails etc, it works out to be a perfect solution and companion for the visually challenged.
Braille is on of the most important ways that visually impaired individuals acquire their information. The problem is that it is hard to find braille books due to the high costs involved to published them compared to common books.
Voice Stick is a portable text scanning device for the visually impaired. When it scans printed letters, the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) function recognizes the texts and converts the written information into a voice. The portable stick, Voice Stick, can be used to convert any words or letters found in our daily life, such as in books, newspapers, contracts, mail, etc., into voice information.
Designer : Sungwoo Park
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8 Responses to “Voice Stick : Portable Text Scanning Device For The Visually Impaired”
By specialk on Sep 3, 2008 | Reply
Great idea but how are they gonna know where to scan if they can’t see?
By Zeno on Sep 3, 2008 | Reply
The same way they know where to start feeling braille.
By Schem on Sep 3, 2008 | Reply
Well, I presume they feel around the edge of the book or somebody directs them.
I just wish it was possible to type as a blind person, must be a loain if you type a lot and GET blinded.
By Svend on Sep 3, 2008 | Reply
I tries to feel a page in a book and
I were able to feel were the ink
were in the book.
It took a minute or so to learn it.
Try if your can too.
By Phillip on Sep 3, 2008 | Reply
“If you can find the blinder around you, please let them read the fllowing the braille.”
What does that even mean?
By piccolopadawan on Sep 4, 2008 | Reply
you can type as a blind person. my private lesson teacher for flute is blind and she has this program which says the key of which she is typing. I’m sure it takes a little while to get used to but she can type something like 60-80 words per minute.
By Mazanne on Sep 9, 2008 | Reply
Where can I get a hold of one? How much do they cost?