Intel Reader Reads the Text for You
The new Intel reader will read text from a photograph.
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The new Intel Reader, released Tuesday, is a little camera-computer that takes photos of text and converts them into MP3s of that text being read aloud in a synthesized voice.
Using an Atom processor, a 5-megapixel camera and Intel's Linux-based Moblin OS, it converts text on the fly right when the picture is taken.
It's designed for the visually impaired, and it looks pretty great. Unfortunately, it's a whopping $1,500, but for some people that's well worth it.
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Posted Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 - 2:27 PM PST
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