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Blind Md. Lawyer Praises New Reading Cell Phone
Marc Maurer, a Maryland lawyer who is president of the National Federation of the Blind, is heaping praise on a new cell phone that can read print.
“People are panting after this product,” Maurer told the Washington Post. “It’s a form of vision you can hold in your hands.”
Maurer said blindness has made it impossible to tell if he’s taking Tylenol or Vitamin C, or handing a cashier a $1 bill or a $20 bill. He once signed a charge bill for what should have been a $44 hotel stay, and was later billed $44,000.
The new phone was unveiled last week. It was held over a $20 bill, and the phone announced: “Detecting orientation, processing U.S. currency image. Twenty dollars.”
