Computing

Scan and Listen

  • January/February 2010

Credit: Joshua Scott

­The Intel Reader, powered by an Atom processor, is a handheld device with a five-­megapixel camera that can read aloud any printed text it is pointed at, including product labels, receipts, and pages from books and newspapers. Previously, visually impaired or dyslexic people required a desktop scanner connected to a computer to convert print into speech.

Product: Intel Reader

Cost: $1,500

Availability: Now

Source: reader.intel.com

Company: Intel

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