optophone

[op-tuh-fohn]

noun

an electronic device that scans ordinary printed characters and produces combinations of sounds, enabling a blind reader to recognize the characters.

Origin of optophone

opto- + -phone

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It was the optophone, and perhaps you may have seen, or rather heard it.
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Glenfield says you're pulling out, but so am not I. I'm for Hubbard and the optophone theory now.
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British Dictionary definitions for optophone

optophone

noun

a device for blind people that converts printed words into sounds

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Examples from the Web for optophone

Historical Examples

It was the optophone, and perhaps you may have seen, or rather heard it.

Glenfield says you're pulling out, but so am not I. I'm for Hubbard and the optophone theory now.

optophone

Origin of optophone