This is a device that consists of an amalgamation of a digital camera, a PDA, text-to-speech software, and character recognition software in order to improve the lives of the visually impaired. This device depeloved by The Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind Reader . Just hold the device over some text and it will play back the contents of the text in a clear, synthetic speech. The price for such innovation is at a hefty $3495, which could be out of reach of most visually impaired people, what more those living in third world countries.
via ubergizmo.com
