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People who are visually impaired and are unable to watch and visualize things can now visualize stuff with the help of the latest technology- Finger Reader, brought by the scientists through a great deal of research and study. The unfortunate visually impaired people who are blight from visually looking at the things and reading something can now see things and read stuff with the help of the Finger Reader. Past technologies helped them to feel the writings and read them with the touch feeling. However, the issue is that many things cannot be written down. As a result, the visually impaired people find it difficult to read them out. For example, when something is written in the mobile phones, it cannot be touched and read out by feeling the text. It causes an issue for the visually impaired persons. Finger Reader has come up with the perfect solution to this issue. Now, the blind people can easily read out digitally written stuff.
The device that is known to be helping the visually impaired people to read the digital stuff is made in the form and shape of a ring. The Finger Reader Ring is a technical thing in itself. It may look like a minor device by having a look at it but in reality, it is a lot more complicated than what a person might think it to be. The Finger Reader has a very small camera in it that reads out the text written in the digital form. The camera is functionally connected with the software to the camera that basically scrutinizes and explores the text and then read it out word by word. The person who is wearing the ring can also be guided with the help of the ring that is actually known as the Finger Reader. This is done with the help of the vibrating motor that is crucial in directing the person who is blind and is wearing it.
The guidance works with the vibration mode. The Finger Reader Ring vibrates when a person starts a sentence and stays still while the line is being read. It again vibrates when the person reaches the end and finishes off the line. It then again starts with a new sentence. The vibration also occurs when a person starts a new paragraph or a new page altogether.
The working of the Finger Reader Ring is technical, as it has to capture the writings in the digital manner and reading them off to the person who is wearing the ring at that time. The devise is basically a ring that the visually impaired people wears in his finger. The Finger Reader device is minor and is easily strapped around the finger of the visually impaired person. The synchronization of the software and the camera are just flawless. The software makes sure to bring the highest amount of synchronization between the voice and the camera. The voice is coordinated with the voice that is reading out the text in loud. This coordination is what makes the device successful in the crowd of other inventions.
This amazing Finger Reader device is in the shape of a ring and it is made up of a high quality metal. The voice of the Finger Reader is shear and the voice of the software that reads out the text is clear and understandable. Understanding the voice is quite easy as the text is spoken in a well managed manner. The sound is clear and the accent is easy to comprehend. One needs not to worry about the weight of the ring. Just like the size of the device, its weight is also minor. One can easily carry the Finger Reader in his or her finger and will not find any kind of discomfort in doing so. Whenever the person who has the Finger Reader Ring in his finger wants the text to be read again or to be read in a louder tone, he just has to point the sentence again. The software will coordinate with the touch of the person and would read that text again and that too in a louder voice than before. The visually impaired person can identify the required sentence easily as the software vibrates the device when it starts a sentence or finishes it off.
The Finger Reader however, has its own limitation. The device can read just those texts that have a certain size and dimension. If the size of the text is excessively small, the software of the device might find it difficult to read out the text. This happens because when the camera takes the picture of the text, the software does not recognize it because of its small size. There is a standard size from where the Finger Reader starts reading the text easily. Even if the voice in the software tries to read the text that is written in a very small size, it will not be as clear as it should be. It will bring out a voice of the dial tone and will not make it possible to the blind person getting a meaning of it.
Finger Reader is made for the people who find it difficult to read the texts because of the bad or no sight that they have. The visually impaired person can easily get the meaning of the text written in a digital format. This can be done as the software of the device can also translate the text into any other language as well. The blind people easily with the help of this device can read out the books that are available online. The eBooks that are available in the digital format and have the required size can be read or in other words listened by the blind or visually impaired person easily.
The cost of the product can be a big concern for the people who want to have the advantage from it. The cost of the device will be high when it will be finally launched in the market. However, the device is something one would love to buy if he cannot see things visually. The need and desire of the person would force him to forego the price that will be asked for it.