Posts Tagged as ‘Books’

March 1, 2009

Text-to-Voice Wand: The “Voice Stick”

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 [...]

February 9, 2009

Kindle 2: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device

Amazon will releasee its 2nd version of the Kindle on 2/24/2009, and what’s really interesting is how Amazon is not calling it an “e-book reader”, but rather a “wireless reading device”. It certainly sounds more sophisticated and might compel customers to cough up the $359 being asked.
Kindle 2 features:

Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin [...]