Engineering:K-NFB Reader
The K-NFB Reader (an acronym for Kurzweil — National Federation of the Blind Reader) is a handheld electronic reading device for the blind. It was developed in a partnership between Ray Kurzweil and National Federation of the Blind. The original version of the reader was composed of a digital camera and a PDA, which contained specialised OCR software and speech synthesizers to read the scanned material aloud. It was released at a price of $3,495.[1]
The software was later ported to the Symbian operating system, to be used on Nokia N82 camera phones, with a new price of $1,595.[2]
Developed by the National Federation of the Blind and Sensotec NV in 2014, an iOS port was released at a price of $99. An Android version was released shortly after.[3]
KNFB Reader can read:
- Receipts
- Package labels and mail
- Product and nutritional information
- Print on your computer or tablet screen
- Longer documents such as books and user manuals
- Private documents such as tax materials, mortgage documents, bills, and medical reports
- Ebooks and documents in the ePub format
- Documents in more than thirty languages
Innovative Features[3]
- Text Detection (shows you where there is print to capture)
- Tilt and Viewfinder Assist (ensures you capture the entire page)
- Text Highlighting (pinpoints text for dyslexic and other print-disabled users)
See also
References
- ↑ "The KNFB Reader becomes the Property of the Nation's Blind". https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm15/bm1506/bm150603.htm. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
- ↑ "KNFB Reader Frequently Asked Questions". Archived from the original on 2009-02-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20090208144803/http://knfbreader.com/faq.php.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "KNFB Reader | National Federation of the Blind" (in en). https://nfb.org/programs-services/knfb-reader.
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