Text to speech app via iPhone camera?

In the new IOS 7 for the iPhone I realized that when you redeem a gift card, there's an option to scan the code instead of typing it in. Then I got the thought that there could be an app that scans an article, puts the text on your phone, and then could read it aloud. I was just wondering if there was any such app like this. If not it would be a cool idea. If anybody knows, do tell.

There are apps that convert a picture into text and even translate into another language and others that read it aloud but not both.

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