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Tek Talk Presents An Unbelievably Comprehensive And Accessible Device
Monday, April 14, 2008
The Accessible News Wire April 10, 2008, Indianapolis, Indiana USA
If you think you’ve heard and seen everything, you may be surprised when you stop by the next Tek Talk training session sponsored by the Accessible World. Here is why.
Did you know there is now a portable device that recognizes flat and solid objects through the eyes of a digital camera! Did you know there is a hand-held device that is a real computer with Windows XP and 60GB Hard Disk, slightly bigger than a palm, able to recognize objects in less than ten seconds? Did you know a device exists that can read books, magazines and newspapers of any size and complexity up to two complete pages at a time, text on boxes, bottles, cans, and medicines, as well as texts found on TVs and LCD displays? Whatever the camera frames, the device reads and can automatically adjust perspective, skew and shape of any object. It can correct the framing of the picture through voice messages such as “move the camera to the right”, “move the camera backwards” and (in the new version “turn the object 45 degrees to the right). It even has editing features, voice recognition (command and dictation) and voice recording, MP3 features, handwriting modules, bluetooth, wifi and much more. And because it has been developed specifically for the blind, visual impaired and dyslexics, it is completely accessible. Its name, you ask? SiRecognizer UMPC.
Don’t miss the demonstration of this unique product and Larry Gassman’s interview with Marco Gregnanin, C.E.O. ITEX, Rome, Italy To ask questions following the formal presentation.
Contact: Marco Gregnanin
Web: http://www.itex.info,
Email: m.gregnanin@itex.info,
Landline: +39 / 06 / 50 53 318,
Skype: m.gregnanin
MSN: m.gregnanin@ecosrl.com
Date: Monday, April 14, 2008
Time: 5:00 p.m. Pacific, 6:00 p.m. Mountain, 7:00 p.m. Central, 8:00 p.m. Eastern and elsewhere in the world Tuesday 0:00 GMT.
Where: Tek Talk Conference Room at:
http://www.accessibleworld.org.
or use the Direct Link:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2
All Tech Talk training events are recorded so if you are unable to participate live at the above times then you may download the presentation or podcast from the Tech Talk archives on our website at
http://www.accessibleworld.org.
All online interactive programs require no password, are free of charge, and open to anyone worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer, speakers, and a sound card. Those with microphones can interact audibly with the presenters and others in the virtual audience.
If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online conferencing software, there is a small, safe software program that you need to download and then run. A link to the software is available on every entry screen to the Accessible World online rooms.
Sign up information for all Accessible World News Wires and discussion lists are also available at our website: http://www.accessibleworld.org.
Media Contacts:
Robert Acosta, Chair, Planning Committee
818-998-0044
Email: boacosta@pacbell.net
http://www.helpinghands4theblind.com
Pat Price, Founder and Events Coordinator
The Accessible World Symposiums
Vision Worldwide, Inc.
317-254-1185
Skype: patprice1
Email: pat@patprice.org
http://www.accessibleworld.org
I have one thing to say about this product from Italia. “Awesome!”. Can’t wait to learn more about it.