Homer has nothing on this (Humanware) Odyssey! #HumanWare #OCR

Welcome back to another fantastic Tech Connect! Your favorite Assistive Technology Specialists: Cory and Luke, are eager to share what they have learned about The Odyssey! (No, not that one.) Today we are discussing The Odyssey by HumanWare which was recently featured on our Live Show with special guest Rachel Ramos! https://www.youtube.com/live/-pnnkDtGWTY

Our AT Specialists are here to bring you all the information you need to know about this exciting piece of Assistive Technology!

0:00 Start
0:23 Introducing the Odyssey's Features
1:07 Finger Pointing Mode: Read from a specific point on a document via OCR
2:35 Artificial Intelligence powered document summary
4:30 Bill Manager designed for reading financial documents, detecting symbols etc
6:33 Live Translation
8:03 Final Summary of the device
9:25 Join the Live Show every other Thursday at 11am Central
10:02 Wrap Up, Comments and Questions, Stereophonics
11:00 The Odyssey of Joe and the Magical Mail Machine!

HumanWare's Odyssey is a sturdy tabletop OCR device designed to help you read documents. Its camera is mounted on a fold-down mechanical arm, and its controls are laid out as chunky buttons on top. It has various modes designed for specific tasks such as Finger Pointing Mode, which is ideal for reading complex documents like Newspapers because it starts to read aloud from where your finger is rather than at the very beginning. The Odyssey has several ports including: USB-C, HDMI display port, a Wired Power option, and even a Micro SD port for saving files. You can plug in your headphones or connect via Bluetooth if you'd rather bypass the built in speakers. Using modern artificial intelligence the Odyssey can translate documents into English from either French or Spanish with many more languages to follow!

We at Vision Forward would be happy to answer any questions that you still have about the HumanWare Odyssey down in the comments!

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