Israeli start-up OrCam has developed a camera-based system that will “read” to the visually impaired whilst on the move. So OrCam employee Liat Negrin, visually impaired since childhood, can pick up a can of vegetables in a grocery store and easily read its label. Ships in September.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/science/israeli-start-up-gives-visually-impaired-a-way-to-read.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykDDxWbt5Nw
http://www.orcam.com/