Intel makes an e-reader for the visually impaired

On Tuesday Intel started selling a new e-reader that can snap pictures of books and newspapers and then read them back to people who have a hard time reading the printed page.

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[SupportTheBlind]

I am thinking of getting this setup for college. I would like to know when this OCR software converts the picture into speaking text what format of data is stored in storage. That is, if I want to view the text file on my computer, can I do that?

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[mhd86]

man this very cool, seems like a spy tool or something

[SakoresDark]

...well 3/4 aint bad and u could probably get a non-blind person to set it up for u

[yuriythebest]

not sure, and as for the people with "poor vision" - isn't it a lot cheaper to carry a magnifying glass?

[akelaristera]

dumb intel . if your blind how are you gonna be able to use it ?

[Shaunt1]

Good tool for some!