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OrCam headset recognises faces, objects and reads words aloud

Daily Mail - Science & tech

A pair of glasses that is able to'read' text and convert it into speech allowing blind and visually impaired people has been tested by scientists. The device looks like a small camera attached to the side of a pair of glasses. Using OCR - optical character reading - technology, the camera and tiny computer it contains can read printed materials. A pair of glasses (pictured) that is able to'read' text and convert it into speech allowing blind and visually impaired people has been tested by scientists. It is activated by pointing it at an object and pressing a trigger button.