Finger-mounted reading device for the blind

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 06:30 in Mathematics & Economics

Researchers at the MIT Media Laboratory have built a prototype of a finger-mounted device with a built-in camera that converts written text into audio for visually impaired users. The device provides feedback—either tactile or audible—that guides the user's finger along a line of text, and the system generates the corresponding audio in real time.

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