MASSACHUSETTS, July 10 ― Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a device that is able to scan text and turn it into audio in real time for visually impaired users.

According to Fox News, the device, known as FingerReader, fits like a ring on the user’s finger. It is equipped with a small camera that scans text and an audio device. A synthesised voice reads the scanned text aloud in real time. It is also equipped with vibration motors that alert users when they stray from the script.

Fox News quoted Pattie Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research group developing the prototype, who said the FingerReader is like “reading with the tip of your finger and it's a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate than any solution that they have right now.”

The device can read books, magazines, newspapers and non-touch screen computer screens. ― Reuters

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a device known as FingerReader, that is able to scan text and turn it into audio in real time for visually impaired users. — Reuters pic