Plustek Book Reader Released

Plustek Inc., announced today that the company has launched the only reading peripheral device that is devoted totally to book-reading for vision impaired readers. Plustek’s Book Reader has both text-to-speech and optical character recognition feature sets and can be customized to read books in several different languages.

Specifically designed for visually impaired users, the unit is competitively priced at $699 USD, with additional fees to add more than one language. The Book Reader comes with optical character recognition (OCR) and text-to-speech (TTS) software used with the Plustek unit to copy and “read” the documents scanned into the Plustek Book Reader. Designed for ease of use for those lacking sight, the user just simply places a book or document on the screen and at the press of one button, the book is scanned for “reading” pleasure. With a single one-touch button, the Book Reader transforms printed words into audio output, which can be saved in MP3 format for future access.
 
Embedded OCR allows the software to rotate disoriented text to generate a clear message for the user. The Book Reader is bundled with software to provide the highest quality of lifelike voices. In addition to OCR software, this reading peripheral comes with Plustek patented SEE Technology which uses a curved lamp to provide a clear copy of the book without distortion for big, bulky books. 
 
Source: TMC.net (technology Marketing Corp)