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The prototype FingerReader is essentially a ring a user wears on their index finger. It has a small

(8 Jul 2014) VOICE-OVER: (NATS OF READER) THE CLASSIC YELLOW PAGES AD SAID "LET YOUR FINGERS DO THE WALKING." THIS RING-SIZED DEVICE LET'S YOUR FINGER DO THE READING. SOUNDBITE (English) Roy Shilkrot/FingerReader Developer. He describes the FingerReader "The FingerReader is an assistive, text-reading device for people with visual impairments." WHILE THERE ARE OTHER CHARACTER READERS ON THE MARKET--RESEARCHERS AT M-I-T SAY NONE ARE THIS MOBILE. THE FINGER READER CONNECTS TO A LAPTOP OR MOBILE PHONE. THEY SPENT THREE YEARS WORKING ON THE SOFTWARE AND EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT DESIGNS. SOUNDBITE (English) Roy Shilkrot/FingerReader Developer. He describes some of the cues built into the FingerReader to enable a blind user not to stray from the line of text. "We have built in a few cues for the scanner - the person who's reading - to help them stay within the line and not stray from the line and also scan it in a straight, in a straight motion and not, not angled." JERRY BERRIER HAS HELPED TEST THE FINGER READER. HE SAYS IT CAN HELP WITH READING ANYTHING FROM RESTAURANT MENUS TO FORMS AT A DOCTOR'S OFFICE. SOUNDBITE (English) Jerry Berrier/Has Tested FingerReader "Everywhere we go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those same products regardless of how I have to do it." THE FINGER READER IS JUST A PROTOTYPE NOW. SOUNDBITE (English) Pattie Maes/Supervises FingerReader Research "But we are very interested in taking this a step further. Our evaluations and user studies actually were very encouraging, and so we are eager to explore this next phase of taking it out of the laboratory and turning it into a commercial product." RESEARCHERS HOPE TO PRODUCE A MARKETABLE DEVICE WITH AN AFFORDABLE PRICE. A POTENTIALLY GROUND-BREAKING SOLUTION FOR THE MORE THAN 11-MILLION VISUALLY-IMPAIRED AMERICANS. MATT FRIEDMAN. ASSOCIATED PRESS. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...