[bksvol-discuss] Reading Peripheral is Devoted to Book Reading for Vision Impaired.
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Reading Peripheral is Devoted to Book Reading for Vision Impaired.
January 18, 2006.
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA.
ORLANDA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2006--Plustek Inc
(www.plustek.com/bat), a manufacturer of consumer, prosumer and professional
imaging devices, announced today that the company will be exhibiting at the
Assistive Technology show (ATIA 2006) held in Orlando from Jan. 18 through
21. Plustek personnel will be demonstrating the company's new text-to-speech
peripheral device, the Plustek Book Reader. The Book Reader is the only
reading peripheral device under $700 that is devoted totally to book reading
for the vision impaired. Plustek's Book Reader integrates high-speed
scanning, high-quality speech voice and highly accurate text-to-speech and
optical character recognition functionality all in one device. Additional
features, expressly designed for the vision impaired audience, include:
magnify functions, fonts controls, volume controls, speech controls, book
mark functions, PDF reading - making this a highly versatile computer
companion.
The Book Reader comes with optical character recognition (OCR), and
text-to-speech (TTS) software, both of which allow the scanner to copy and
"read" the documents scanned. To use these features, the user just simply
places a book or document on the screen and at the press of one button, the
book is scanned for "reading" pleasure. With a single one-touch button, the
Book Reader transforms printed words into audio output, which can be saved
in MP3 format for future access.
Embedded OCR guarantees accurate scan results and allows the software to
rotate disoriented text to generate a clear message for the user. The unit
comes with Plustek-patented SEE(TM) Technology which uses a curved lamp to
provide a clear scan of the book without distortion for big, bulky books.
Sales/Purchase
The Plustek Book Reader is available by contacting Plustek's headquarters
directly at bat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Source URL:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060118005002&newsLang=en.
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