Posted by BobaFett
""Detecting orientation, processing U.S. currency image," the phone says in a flat monotone before Danielsen snaps a photo. A few seconds later, the phone says, "Twenty dollars."
Danielsen, a spokesman for the National Federation of the Blind, is holding the next generation of computerized aids for the blind and visually impaired.
The Nokia cell phone is loaded with software that turns text on photographed documents into speech. In addition to telling whether a bill is worth $1, $5, $10 or $20, it also allows users to read anything that is photographed, whether it's a restaurant menu, a phone book or a fax."
http://www.slashphone.com/70/9220.html
Posted by whizkidd
I am still intrigued on how this actually happens. Turning images into text needs some serious computing power from what I infer. Might be wrong though.
Posted by *Jojo*
Looks like Nokia is taking into consideration the welfare of their ELDERLY consumers (senior-citizens) . . . I remember seein' this feature (a first of what I know of) in my Nokia E50 back then, wherein all incoming SMS can also be HEARD via the fone's - feature: Voice-Text . . . I've tried it and it's great ! The MENU can also be browsed via VOICE. Though I just find it
when the fone starts to read SMS-messages in my lingo/dialect 
Good work Nokia !