Cindy Smart is a brand of doll manufactured by Manley Toy Quest. Introduced in 2002, Cindy Smart was the first doll that could see, capable of reading words in five languages, do basic math, and could tell time. The doll was first sold in the United States, and then in Australia beginning in 2003.
Capabilities
Cindy Smart has the appearance of a standard female doll. The doll is 18.5 in tall with blonde hair and blue eyes, and is intended to appear five years of age.[1] Cindy Smart differs from other dolls because of her extra equipment, which includes: a digital camera in the doll's torso,[2] a 16-bit microprocessor in the stomach, and voice-recognition software.[3] The camera makes Cindy Smart the first doll that can see.
When someone speaks to Cindy Smart, the software attempts to match the speech to one of 70 preprogrammed commands. If the command calls for reading, the digital camera searches for text in a 15-degree sector in front of it. The microprocessors compare the text with a database of words.[1]