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May 31, 2018

Technology for the blind!


NSF funded researchers at Texas A&M have developed STAAR e-reader that enables blind readers to read spatially as sighted readers do. The system allows a user to scan the text with their fingers to hear the words. For more information: https://bit.ly/2Fm1HSU

Credit: Texas A&M University


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