The Intel Reader

Unfortunately it currently costs £999 in the UK. It looks a little bulky and Fisher Price-esq to have the ‘street cred’ for a younger user. I like idea of the ‘Portable Capture Station’, which isn’t featured on this video. Perhaps OCR with text-to-speech will become standard on smartphones in years to come, as there’s already knfbReader Mobile and CapturaTalk?

great now i don't have to read my school books. Just imagine the time i can save.

I have tried the device and the earphones do help a great deal! It can also read labels at the store!... including wine bottles! Regarding the voice, at first it may be annoying, however, as with any technical devises that are used to assist human interaction, the more you use it, the more of an extension of self it becomes. The power of reading and the independence it spawns far outweighs the mere weeks it may take to forgive the artificial voice for not perfecting human speech. Awesome.

It's very good. But how will a blind person take a shoot if he can't see anything? How should he know where is the text that he want to shoot? :)

This is a great product that will be of great service to those who have vision impairments or reading disabilities. Nice work Intel bringing a solution to the table!!!

I've seen many first-timers use text-to-speech technology and the smile on their faces is powerful. While people who read print (me) find it jarring, an annoying voice is a vast improvement over not being able to read. (Also earphones usually improve the quality a lot - try it!)

Exactly right. People that can't read books would rather have nothing than this. Good observation.

Apparently, you have never had any kind of disability, nor has johnstall5350. Are you two "real people" or is this a "sneak attack" from some sort of competitor? First, there is no competition here. This is the real deal. Second, Entropy56, you need grammar lessons to make yourself sound credible. This is not about "reading books". It is about opening a world to some who have lived their lives in shame. Shame on both of you.

glindatgw2, who are you quoting? No one used those two sequential words. Second, I was being sarcastic and thus got the response I was looking for. Third, I am disabled; mentally retarded, have HIV, H1N1 and close to death.

the price makes it prohibitively expensive to those who might benefit from it