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Wednesday, December 23, 2020

ORCam Pen Reads Aloud Text

 Seems quite a useful development: 

The OrCam Read is a pen-like AI-based device that reads aloud text to people with reading challenges. OrCam's AI-Based Reading Device Wins CES Innovation Award

The Times of Israel

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israeli artificial intelligence (AI) device developer OrCam Technologies has been named to receive the CES 2021 Innovation Awards Best of Innovation award in the "accessibility" category for its OrCam Read digital reader, a pen-sized assistive handheld device developed for people with reading challenges. The device is designed to read aloud full pages or screens of text from any printed or digital surface, without an Internet link. The device's AI algorithms enable intuitive point-and-click function, triggering two precision laser-guidance options to read highlighted text or target a point to start reading. Its text-to-speech reading engine also has an interactive feature integrating computer vision and natural language understanding as a voice-activated assistant. ... " 

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