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January 7th, 2010, 19:20
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Making our all so stealthy escape from the Intel booth (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-core-presser-32nm-core-i3-core-i5-and-core-i7-cpus/) today, we came across the Reader -- the big chipmaker's text scanning device which reads aloud and provides a high contrast, large-sized reading facility for people with visual or mental impairments. We tried it out on a real quick and dirty scan from a newspaper, and while it picked up plenty of text bits from articles outside the one we cared to read, it was a pretty robust little setup in our opinion. The readouts were pretty robotic, but this isn't really intended as an ebook reader with vocal chords, so we'll give it a pass for that. We still cringe at the $1,500 price tag, though on the whole it looked like a well thought-out device with a very specific use. Check out the pictures below and a video awaits after the break.
Gallery: Intel Reader hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/intel-reader-hands-on/)
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Making our all so stealthy escape from the Intel booth (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-core-presser-32nm-core-i3-core-i5-and-core-i7-cpus/) today, we came across the Reader -- the big chipmaker's text scanning device which reads aloud and provides a high contrast, large-sized reading facility for people with visual or mental impairments. We tried it out on a real quick and dirty scan from a newspaper, and while it picked up plenty of text bits from articles outside the one we cared to read, it was a pretty robust little setup in our opinion. The readouts were pretty robotic, but this isn't really intended as an ebook reader with vocal chords, so we'll give it a pass for that. We still cringe at the $1,500 price tag, though on the whole it looked like a well thought-out device with a very specific use. Check out the pictures below and a video awaits after the break.
Gallery: Intel Reader hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/intel-reader-hands-on/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/7jan1901dsc_0001ar0_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/intel-reader-hands-on/2592998/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/7jan1902dsc_0002ar0_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/intel-reader-hands-on/2592999/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/7jan1903dsc_0004ar0_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/intel-reader-hands-on/2593001/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/7jan1904dsc_0005ar0_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/intel-reader-hands-on/2593005/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/7jan1905dsc_0006ar0_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/intel-reader-hands-on/2593009/)
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