
The Nokia N82 is finally here. While the article from USA Today does read a little like an advertisement, the features of this phone are displayed and outlined beautifully. The Nokia N82 is unique in that it has the ability to assist those who are blind, dyslexic or have learning disabilities. The phone uses optical character recognition (OCR) to interpret printed pages. The phone can tell the user to adjust the source material slightly and takes a picture of it. Within 20 seconds it will read aloud what the page says even if the page has a column-based layout. The phone's software can tell where one column ends and then begins again higher on the page.

From the article:
Late last month, the knfbReader Mobile was launched with the N82. It's currently the only cellphone to work with KNFB's software.
The cellphone reader is less expensive than the PDA version. But the software alone will still set you back $1,595, and the Nokia phone an additional $500 or so. (You'll also need thin, plastic filters, or polarizers, that reduce glare on the phone.) You can find a dealer at www.knfbreader.com.