RE: Finger mounted OCR

That is interesting, I wonder how this will differ from something like OrCam
http://www.orcam.com/
Which has a wider scope but also supports pointing as a focus mechanism.

-----Original Message-----
From: Janina Sajka [mailto:janina@rednote.net] 
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 3:09 PM
To: WAI XTech
Subject: Finger mounted OCR

OK, it's not web, but I found the following fascinating:

http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/finger-mounted-reading-device-blind-0310

PREDICTION: They'll soon find that audio pitch will work better to guide finger tracking, far better than audio volume.

	e.g. The sound gets louder. What does that mean? Is the finger
	too high? Or too low on the page?

	Even more interesting, though, will be the ability of the user
	to track through complex page layouts. The challenge of complex
	layouts has always been one of the greater challenges for OCR
	based reading systems. With a finger mounted device all the
	smarts for correctly tracking page layout and getting sense out
	of the printed text are laid on the user--including the need to
	effectively skip past graphics and photographs.

	Janina


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