{"id":615717,"date":"2024-04-05T17:55:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T14:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-literacy-pen-instantly-teaches-you-to-read-and-write\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T17:55:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T14:55:17","slug":"this-literacy-pen-instantly-teaches-you-to-read-and-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-literacy-pen-instantly-teaches-you-to-read-and-write\/","title":{"rendered":"#This \u2018literacy pen\u2019 instantly teaches you to read and write"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The World Literacy Foundation and Dutch marketing firm <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a>.Monks have teamed up to create a pen designed to help millions of people around the world gr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ling with illiteracy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The device, dubbed Literacy Pen, is compatible with any standard pen or pencil. Users slip the device onto the pen and then speak their desired words into the built-in microphone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">V<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">oice dictation <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> then transcribes these words, letter by letter, onto a digital screen built-in to the device. The user can then copy the words they see onto paper all using the one pen.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LITERACY PEN\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/-hynspzVzR8\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe device ensures an effective learning experience by focusing on key aspects of literacy development, such as written and visual repetition,\u201d said its makers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/events.tnw\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/events.tnw\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The &lt;3 of EU tech<\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its small size is designed to make it accessible for users of all ages and abilities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">text-to-speech pens \u2014 which use optical character recognition (OCR) technology to read aloud printed text \u2014 are quite common, speech-to-text pens are not.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Finnish Reading Center<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an NGO <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which promotes reading and literacy, one in seven adults worldwide are illiterate. This can stem from a number of factors such as poor access to education, poverty, and language disorders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The repercussions are profound. Illiteracy makes it much harder for individuals to get employed. In many cases, it perpetuates cycles of poverty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the literacy pen can be rolled out en masse to the places that need it most, I can only imagine its impact on people\u2019s lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve reached out to the creators and will update this story if\/when we receive a response.\u00a0 <\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/literacy-pen-tech-read-and-write\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Literacy Foundation and Dutch marketing firm Media.Monks have teamed up to create a pen designed to help millions of people around the world grappling with illiteracy.\u00a0\u00a0 The device, dubbed Literacy Pen, is compatible with any standard pen or pencil. 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