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Un assistant de lecture pour les malvoyants. La voix est synthétique et un peu saccadée ce qui est assez désagréable mais ce ne sont que les prémices d'une technologie qui va s'affiner avec le temps.

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. Wearers scan a text line with their finger and receive an audio feedback of the words and a haptic feedback of the layout: start and end of line, new line, and other cues. The FingerReader algorithm knows to detect and give feedback when the user veers away from the baseline of the text, and helps them maintain a straight scanning motion within the line.