Back-to-school COOL with the Intel(R) Reader

If you are reading this now, you know how important reading is to our overall enjoyment of life.  Reading expands our horizons, our understanding and our future.  Reading can elicit every emotion known to humankind, can transport us from our daily reality and transform our lives.

So imagine, if you will, what it would be like if you could not read this...or anything else, for that matter.  Yet, for millions of people, they face just such a situation every day.  Reading disabilities,  low vision, blindness and other conditions preclude reading for scores of people.

The Intel(R) Reader changes all that.  This hand-held, almost pocket-sized device allows one to point, shoot, and listen.  It couldn't be easier. 

This product, with its potential to unlock doors for the masses of children, tweens and teens (not to mention, adults) with reading disabilities or visual impairments is unprecedented.  I was so drawn to this product because of my past work as a school social worker.  In that position, I worked with kids who would have benefitted greatly from this product.  Kids whose brilliant minds often went unnoticed because of a learning difference. 

This product looked too good to be true, but I was able to actually hold one in my hands, try it out...and actually see that it did, indeed, work.  And it worked well.  I tested it out on  a novel, on a textbook, on a cookbook and on some random papers that I always seem to have laying around.  Not only did it work, but it didn't take a degree in tech-related field to operate it.  It really was as simple as point, shoot, and listen. 

The information can be stored on the Intel(R) Reader as long as you desire, and listened to whenever you are ready.  It can also be listened to through personal earphones, for more private or discreet listening. 

Kudos to Intel(R) for this revolutionary product, which has the power to change the world.  Talk about transforming lives!