CapturaTalk
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This picture capture and recognition software comes with a Smartphone such as the HTC with Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 or 6.0. Iansyst offers a short demonstration video and more information can be found on the CapturaTalk website. The software is downloaded onto the phone and offers optical character recognition and text to speech to help those who find reading difficult but have good vision and dexterity.
The HTC mobile phone has all the usual connectivity plus access to Microsoft applications such as Mobile Word, Excel and PowerPoint and the usual tasks, address book and audio, photo and video record, storage and play features.
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- CapturaTalk compatible mobile phones
This is a list of compatible phones that will work with CapturaTalk version 2.
