Tag: Reading
Joke Of The Day: Middle East Assignment
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A disappointed soft drink salesman returned from his Middle East assignment. His boss asked, “Why weren’t you successful with the Arabs?”
The salesman explained, “When I got posted in the Middle East, I was very sure to make a good sales pitch as our product was virtually unknown there. I didn’t know to speak Arabic, so I planned to convey the message through three posters. My first poster was a man crawling through the hot desert sand, totally exhausted and panting. Second, the man is drinking our soft drink and third, our man is now totally refreshed. Then these posters were pasted all over the place” “That should have worked,” said the boss. The salesman replied, “Well, not only did I not speak Arabic, but I didn’t realize that Arabs read from right to left.” |
The FingerReader
The FingerReader is a ring that reads for you. It actually reads aloud when you point at words and can even translate books. The device, developed by MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group, is still in its development stage. Eventually the FingerReader might be able to replace braille and could be used as a translation device that allows people to learn a new language.
FingerReader – Wearable Text-Reading Device
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.
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