Scanning And Reading Appliance - Camera Edition

Summary:

A simple text reading machine for those who are not comfortable with computers but still need to read printed books and materials. All that the user needs to do is simply place the text on the unit and SARA CE instantly reads out the contents aloud in a clear Indian accent voice and even magnifies the text, object, diagram, picture to be viewed.

Visual Impairment Level:

Low to Zero Vision

Category:

Optical Character Recognition or Reading Systems

Task:

Reading print, books and periodicals

FEATURES

Read almost any printed material - books including bound books, magazines, letters, newspapers, & more
Simple to use - Just place the book under the camera, and the SARA CE instantly starts reading it to you in an Indian Voice - Sangeeta. No technical or computer experience is needed.
Motion Sensor Technology - provides high speed scanning of 20 Pages per Minute as it senses motion & takes a snap on every turn of a page while continuing to read the earlier pages.
Reads columnar documents or tables and financial statements
Low Vision Features - Connect a monitor to access the customizable low vision features as you can increase the text size, change text & background colours, add more space between letters, and highlight words as they are spoken and view JPEG and Image files.
Save files to hard drive or USB thumb drive
Pre-installed with a library of 222 Classic Literature Books
Reads TXT, DOC, RTF, OBX, PDF, HTML, XML and DAISY file formats
Plays audio files in WAV, unprotected WMA, CDA & MP3 file formats
Skim Reading - Reads the first or last sentence of each paragraph for quickly going through books
Browse Multiple Opened Documents - especially useful for reference reading or for preparing notes
In Built Light - for optimum accuracy of scanning & reading in poor lighted environments
Customization - Change the Reading Speed, Volume, Voice, Scanning Modes - single or multiple pages and even the format to save the scanned pages/ books in the USB pen drive
Supports Braille displays like Focus, PacMate, etc. for reading scanned files in Braille, helpful for the Deaf-Blind and those who prefer to read their books in Braille.
Specifications:
Size: 12 by 15.5 by 3.9 inches
Weight: 2.9 kg Only
Onboard Storage: 160GB hard drive