I saw this about a month ago. It is definitely being marketed to be competition for the KNFB portable reader, which I also have seen. I can't say I have compared them side-by-side, though. I was told, however, the price of MobileEyes is the same as the price of the KNFB reader, a bit over $3200. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reginald George" <sgeorge@xxxxxxxxx> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:21 AM Subject: [real-eyes] Moble Eyes > This product would appear to compete directly with the NFB Kurzweil > reader. Wonder how they compare in size, weight, speed of recognition, > accuracy, and price? > This is from the accessible devices list. > > Reg > > This is all the information we currently have on this new product. > New Mobile Eyes Portable Text To Speech Scanner > Guerilla Technologies Inc, a Florida based company, exhibited their new > Portable > Reading Machine/Magnifier for the visually impaired at the 2007 ATIA > (Assistive Technology > Industry Association) Conference last month. The company's device named > MobilEyes > [Mobile Eyes] has proprietary software running on one of the emerging UMPC > industry's > tablet sized computers. Currently, the Samsung Q1 has the task of > supporting Optical Character Recognition > (OCR), Text-to-Speech output, Live Picture and Still Photograph > Magnification, and > a host of other multimedia transfer, storage, and playback options. > With the aid of a ten mega pixel camera mounted to the rear side of the > unit, a visually > impaired person can point the device in the direction of presumed text > and, in a few seconds, hear any words visible within the photograph, read > out loud. Practical > uses are: reading the menu in a restaurant, wall mounted signs containing > text information, > newspapers, magazines, mail, advertisements, or products in a grocery > store not easily > identified by the shape of the container/box. The MobilEyes Reader can > even recognize > a UPC barcode and identify the product, brand/manufacturer and size of an > item. When > used as a video magnifier, a person can enlarge the view of any item on > the MobilEyes' > 7 inch video screen or connect to any computer monitor for even greater > magnification. > Although you might say to yourself, "Even with 20/20 vision, I would have > a hard > time aiming and shooting good photographs," having a portable camera stand > that steadies > and aligns the device to an 8 1/2 X 11 inch sheet of paper alleviates any > such difficulty for a MobilEyes user. > A Professional model comes with a portable flatbed scanner that can even > identify > US currency. > While not commenting on other functions the MobilEyes Reader may perform > in the future, > Guerilla Technologies stated goal was to combine, "a variety of assistive > technology > devices into one." For more information about their Portable and > Stand-Alone Readers, > including how to contact the company, see their website: > www.GuerillaTechnologies.com > > or > www.MyMobilEyes.com > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes