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Touch-Hear tactile dictionary

Scientists at the National University of Singapore created the Touch-Hear text recognition dictionary. It consists of 2 parts: a small sensor attached to your finger pads and a speaker attached to your ear. As soon as you touch a word printed in a book with the scanner, you’ll hear its meaning. At the same time, the device doesn’t bother other people at all: only you can hear it.
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TouchHear “Have you repeatedly come across the same word in a book but never managed to know its exact meaning?" Touch-Hear text recognition dictionary makes obtaining…