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Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab "MIT" came with a new unbelievable technology, the FingerReader, it is a ring that enables blinds and vision impaired people to read any printed text just by placing their fingers on the wanted text after wearing the device !How it works
The FingerReader is a wearable 3D printed device in the form of a ring, this small device contain even a smaller camera that goes through the text and scans the letters, and then, the device reads the traversed text out loud for you in real time ! The FingerReader is not only for blinds, the device can be also used for translation if you were on a trip...
According the MIT website "The FingerReader is a wearable device that assists in reading printed text. It is a tool both for visually impaired people that require help with accessing printed text, as well as an aid for language translation. "
Another amazing thing, if the user is getting away from the text, a vibration is triggered to alert him to go back in line.
Future
This is the first technology to help the blinds reading in real-time, but, a little problem is still under solving, the FingerReader cannot read from touch screens like tablets.., it can only read papers, as the device is still a prototype, the final product will surely contain this feature.
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