First time cramming compatible components in? I can see it. Next year it should be < $200.
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4:45 AM, maccrawj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $2600 of software to do essentially OCR to text to speech on a cellphone? > Sounds like someone is being robbed blind! > > Great idea for sure, but I don't get the price tag. > > > G.Waleed Kavalec wrote: > >> >> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/10/26/the_possibilities_of_a_portable_eye/ >> >> But then it becomes apparent what's unique about Smith's phone: A flash >> goes >> off when he snaps a picture of the menu, and a few seconds later, his >> phone >> has translated the page of text into speech, and started reciting the >> options through his earpiece at a rapid clip. >> >> >> -- Gregory Waleed Kavalec --------------------------------------------- I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in.
