Tiny camera lets blind people read with their fingers

• Autores: Aviva Rutkin
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3100, 2016, pág. 25
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A new device lets blind people read by popping a miniature camera on their fingertip. To read printed material, many visually impaired people rely on mobile apps like KNFB Reader that translate text to speech. Snap a picture and the app reads the page aloud. But users sometimes find it difficult to ensure that their photo captures all of the text, and these apps can have trouble parsing a complex layout, such as a newspaper or restaurant menu.