It will instantly read printed or digital text from books, newspapers, smartphone screens, computers, and more. using laser targeting and its 13 megapixel sensor. In dimly lit environments, an LED light gives the right amount of illumination to make reading possible. The Orcam Read Smart will read documents in any orientation – even upside down or sideways. Available in more than 20 languages, including English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, and more.

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OrCam Read is an intuitive handheld device designed to create an independent, effortless and enjoyable reading experience for people with low vision and visual impairments including reading difficulties related to age-related vision loss, mild to moderate low vision or reading fatigue.This lightweight, handheld device uses a smart camera and AI technology to instantly read out text from any printed surface or digital screen. Please note: all devices come prefixed with English, German and French. If you need a specific language please call us as OrCam products support the following languages: Royal National Institute of Blind People. All rights reserved. RNIB Enterprises Limited (with registered number 0887094) is a wholly owned trading subsidiary of the Royal National Institute of Blind People ("RNIB"), a charity registered in England and Wales (226227), Scotland (SC039316) and Isle of Man (1226). RNIB Enterprises Limited covenants all of its taxable profits to RNIB.

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You can listen via the mini speaker on the device or through headphones (wired or Bluetooth), or a Bluetooth speaker. For optimal text reading, ensure that the camera lens is directly facing the text, and the lens is clean. The camera can only read text in its field of view.

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Simply ask for the text that interests you. “Read the headlines,”“Read amounts,” or “Start from” a specific section. Designed for people with mild low vision, reading fatigue, reading difficulties including dyslexia, and anyone who consumes large amounts of text, this highly sophisticated device is simple to use – just point the Orcam Read Smart towards the text and press a button. Built-in LED automatically provides the correct illumination in more challenging lighting conditions such as restaurants Integrated rechargeable battery with 4 hour battery life and LED battery indicator (700 mAh, 3.8VDC)