Photograph text on your mobile phone and hear it read aloud!

by Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Image of Capturatalk on a Windows Mobile phone in use

Another VERY cool new technology is CapturaTalk! This clever program allows your Window Mobile phone to take a photo of written text and then have it read aloud for you in a clear UK English voice! It will also read aloud text in documents on the phone – including emails and SMS messages received along with web pages visited.

Click here to view a short video which highlights how CapturaTalk makes it easy to instantly read text anywhere that it can be photographed. The content of books, menus, schedules and work directions are all instantly accessible and understandable to struggling readers. It will even read aloud definitions of words which a user has difficulty understanding. This new technology was also recently featured on BBC news.

To learn more about CapturaTalk and the Windows Mobile smart phones with which it is compatible – visit the Spectronics website.

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About Barbara Landsberg

Sales and Marketing Director
SPECTRONICS
BOccThy, MBA

Barbara is an Occupational Therapist who joined the Spectronics team 12 years ago. Prior to that time, she spent 17 years in occupational therapy positions working with adults and children with a variety of physical disabilities and learning difficulties. She also held the position of Coordinator of the assistive technology service of the Independent Living Centre of Queensland for three years before moving to Spectronics. On completion of her Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in 2010, she assumed the role of Sales and Marketing Director at the company and, among other roles, oversees running of the exciting and innovative Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference hosted every two years by Spectronics.

Barbara has a strong interest in the opportunities for students with disabilities or learning difficulties made possible through technology. She is also a passionate advocate of the use of social media tools to promote the power of inclusive learning technologies to enable independent achievement for all – whatever form that achievement might take.

One Response to Photograph text on your mobile phone and hear it read aloud!

  1. Veronica McLoughlin says:

    What a great way for contemporary students to keep pace in an unobtrusive way.
    Will be keen to trial it with a student!

    September 7, 2009 at 4:48 pm
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