MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641122416 A) filed by Saveetha Institute Of Medical And Technical Sciences on October 13, 2026, for Handheld Text Scanner-To-Voice Reader.

Inventors include Satyam; Dr. B. Navin Kumar; and Dr Ramya Mohan.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: The present invention is a handheld text-to-speech reader, which is designed to assist visually impaired persons in reading printed texts independently. The device is able to read texts from books, newspapers, documents, medicine labels, and product packages using its built-in camera module. The captured image is then processed by an Optical Chara...