Woongjin ThinkBig, a South Korea-based company, has launched a new platform called "Booxtory” that digitises books in real time using AI.
Once a book is scanned, it detects its contents and then converts it into an audio or normal reading format.
It can also translate the books into multiple languages.
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Once a book is scanned, it detects its contents and then converts it into an audio or normal reading format.
It can also translate the books into multiple languages.
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00:00A company in South Korea is digitizing books in real-time, using artificial intelligence
00:08to provide an immersive reading experience.
00:11Woongjin ThinkBig says its new platform, BookStory, scans a book, detects its contents, and then
00:17converts it into an audio or text version instantly.
00:22Rachel Son, an employee of Woongjin ThinkBig, says the application also uses AI to translate
00:27books into various languages.
00:29In our reading mode, we're able to put the scanned book under the camera. Once the book
00:34is detected, we're able to flip to any kind of page and it's able to automatically read
00:41the book back to you.
00:43BookStory can also generate a song about the book using the song mode.
00:47The company won a CES 2025 Best Innovation Award.
00:52Zainab Hassan Ali tested the product at the tech event.
00:55Like with everything, it's not about whether something is good or bad, it's about the way
01:01you use it, and this is a very positive way in using AI.
01:05BookStory will be available for purchase in March 2025.