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Do scanners merely turn printed text into digital format? Apparently the answer is no, as the ‘BookReader’ launched by Cerritos, CA-based manufacturer Plustek Technology Inc also reads the book for you. Mainly aiming at visually impaired users who still want to read books, the device not only uses the optical character recognition software to convert printed books or documents into digital formats, but adopts the text-to-speech recognition software to translate them into audio files. So simply put a book page on the scanner, press the button and then you can listen to the page. That’s cool!

The device could scan in three different modes: plain text, a grayscale PDF scan and a color scan.

Though we can find out what our palms look like easily, have you got a clear idea about your hips? Let the fully-automatic iBum chair tell you. When you sit on the chair, after the built-in sensor detects your existence, a scanner on the top then will then start to scan your buttocks and print it out auomatically.

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Braille is sure a good way to provide information for blinds by touching. However, not everything will be translated into Braille. So why not just read the words?

The voice stick, which comes with a scanner, can read the word instantly for blinds. Just swipe it over the book, in the same way as using a portable scanner, all the words will be read to blinds. In addition, you can take a earplug to prevent disturb others. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Although you could get vocabulary and any knowledge via online dictionary,Google and Wikipedia, you still have to stop reading to type the words. By using this Unical Dixau device with a built-in camera, what you should do to search the related information is just align the device over the word you want to look up. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This is the first time that the new technique comes to USA. What you should do to start your computer is just put your palm above the mouse, the sensor will judge whether you’re accredit user.

This technique is safer than normal printer scanner because the pattern is accurate only when the blood is circulating. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Booksnap could scan a book in the fast speed, but it need to much space for storage. So, you might like a scanner like Between Pages.

In order the scan two pages of a book at once, what you should do is just insert this scanner into your book. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The normal scanner is a good thing for transforming a standard book into a electronic one. But, you will waste a bunch of time in the process. By using this booksnap, your work could be much faster. Just put your book on the V-shaped holder, it gonna be OK. Oh, moreover, you should also keep flicking the pages. So , you might need a gadget as below. [Read the rest of this entry...]

If you always suffer the scare from dentist, you might like this. It has two parts, one could be mounted on mirror; the other one, which is actually a scanner, could scan your teeth. Just put it in your mouth and bite it and then put it back on the base, all the information gonna be transmitted to your dentist. [Read the rest of this entry...]