[real-eyes] Re: Moble Eyes
- From: "Paul L. Mimms" <p_mimms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:57:51 -0400
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
>
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