UXbyDesign.org » Braille http://www.uxbydesign.org A User Experience Blog by Bradley Hebdon Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:18:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Text-to-Voice Wand: The "Voice Stick" http://www.uxbydesign.org/2009/03/01/text-to-voice-wand-the-voice-stick/ http://www.uxbydesign.org/2009/03/01/text-to-voice-wand-the-voice-stick/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:06:08 +0000 Bradley Hebdon http://uxbydesign.org/?p=434
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    • ]]>     The ‘Voice Stick’ concept enters to revolutionize the life of the visually impaired and offer a breath of fresh high-tech air to script recognition.

    Designed by Sung Woo Park, the cutting-edge device is a portable text scanning tool, utilizing the OCR function to identify text and convert this information into voice. This advanced technology allows visually impaired people to read everything from books and newspapers to mail and business cards.

    Could this mean the death of braille?

     

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