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A new kind of e-book has hit the shelves which promises to help readers suffering from blindness and/or dyslexia.

The device is about the size of a conventional paperback but has buttons and features that can be operated by a blind person.

The e-book is special because it is also equipped with a five megapixel autofocus camera to capture text from any source and a text-to-speech system which then reads the text aloud. Up to 50,000 pages of text can be stored in the book with has a four gigabyte hard drive.

Louis Burns, vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Health Group, said in a statement: "We are proud to offer the Intel Reader as a tool for people who have trouble reading standard print so they can more easily access the information many of us take for granted every day, such as reading a job offer letter or even the menu at a restaurant."

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