. Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:23:00 +0530 (IST) From: Soundara Rajan <soundarns@xxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: David Dillard <net-gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [Net-Gold] INNOVATION: Cutting-edge talking pen Cutting-edge talking penThe gizmo will help elevate the learning experience of students by focusing on the benefits of listening
B S Arun, New Delhi, IndiaIt is the next new tool in education technology. The “talking pen” -- a multimedia print reader (MPR) -- may have just given hope to millions of visually challenged and dyslexic people, especially children. Or to the elderly who want to listen to their Gita, Quran or Bible. To volunteers involved in the literacy mission. To improve your pronunciation skills. The tool, in the shape of a pen (of a slightly larger size), recites the written text when held over a book that has been embedded with MPR codes.
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