PocketBook has introduced a new eReader equipped with a 6-inch Carta eE Ink display and a camera.
As Liliputing’s Brad Linder notes, the eReader features a camera built into the back of the case, allowing users to snap photos of documents and convert them into text files to be read on the high contrast ePaper display.
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“At least a few retail listings for the PocketBook Ultra mentions OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software,” Linder explained.
“[This] is the sort of thing that lets you convert scanned documents into searchable text documents with a desktop scanner.”
Additional key specs have yet to be confirmed, although we do know the eReader has a touchscreen display, WiFi and a 199 Euro price point.
Unfortunately, PocketBook doesn’t typically sell its eReaders in the States. Nevertheless, if the on-board camera and accompanying OCR software prove to be a big hit, other industry heavyweights are likely to take notice and follow PocketBook’s example for devices shipped within the US.