Iranian Inventor Creates Talking E-Book Reader

Iranian inventor Ramin Sedighi has demonstrated a prototype of his laptop size TALKING E-BOOK, which is designed for education. The system includes a stylus that, when used on words, tells the system to pronounce the words out loud and define them. It also "explains" pictures, although press reports doesn't "explain" whether it does image recognition or whether the books need to be specially formatted. The device will be available for purchase next year, according to the Iranian Students News Agency.