Intel-ge Care Innovations LLC

Intel Corporation

Ben Foss

Gretchen Anderson

Jeff Witt

Matthew Peterson

J M Van Thong

David I Poisner

Lea Kobeli

Jeffrey A Salazar

Evelyne Chaubert

Daniel Senatore

Travis Lee

Jean-Manuel Van Thong

Leyla Najafi

Embodiments of the invention provide devices and methods for capturing text found in a variety of sources and transforming it into a different user-accessible formats or medium. For example, the device can capture text from a magazine and provide it to the user as spoken words through headphones or speakers. Such devices are useful for individuals such as those having reading difficulties (such as dyslexia), blindness, and other visual impairments arising from diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and glaucoma.

Text capture and presentation device

In some embodiments, a reading device is provided with a shortcut read mode in which a user can instruct the reading device of the type of document (e.g., invoice, package label, newspaper, etc.) that is to be read so that the device can more efficiently find and read back to the user desired (target) information from the document.

Reading device with shortcut read function

In some embodiments, provided are methods and reading devices with image capture capabilities for efficiently capturing multiple images.

Device with automatic image capture

In some embodiments, disclosed is reading device that comprises a camera, at least one processor, and a user interface. The camera scans at least a portion of a document having text to generate a raster file. The processor processes the raster file to identify text blocks. The user interface allows a user to hierarchically navigate the text blocks when they are read to the user.

Reading device with hierarchal navigation

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