scholarly journals An Innovative Approach to Build a Low Cost Braille Embosser

2020 ◽  
pp. 823-826
Author(s):  
Vaibhavi Naik ◽  
Amey Joshi ◽  
Ritesh Gupta ◽  
Kaustubha Pavaskar ◽  
Prajakta Tanksali
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Normal Person ◽  
Text File ◽  
Image Processing Techniques ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Processing Techniques ◽  
Reading Interest ◽  
Maximum Content

Visually impaired people have to deal with various challenges since they cannot see anything with their eyes and even some visually impaired people are not able to read the content of their interest so they fail to gain knowledge from reading as much as a normal person can obtain. Visually impaired people have some content available in the braille format that they can read but not all content of their reading interest is available in the braille format. Therefore, braille embosser will help to make available the maximum content of their reading interest in the braille format at an affordable cost. In this project, the user will have to upload an image of blinds reading interest, which is to be converted in the braille format. Initially, we will extract the text from a text image and save the text file using different image processing techniques. Then each character stored in the text file will be converted to the respective braille format using ASCII values and then converted text will be embossed using the braille embosser, which will make the content available for the blind community.

scholarly journals Low cost real time braille keypad for communication

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.8) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Lakshmi Prabha.P ◽  
Sanjanamenon EJ ◽  
Christina Samuel ◽  
Ganga Ramesh
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Educational Software ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Assistive Device ◽  
Normal Person ◽  
Text To Speech ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Communication Methods

Visually impaired people find it challenging to use devices such as computers, and other digital/educational software like every normal person does in this technology driven world. Due to their inability to gainaccess to basic and vital information they sometimes feel excluded from the society and also limit their knowledge. Several attempts have beenmade in the recent years toimprove their communication methods such as tactile sign language, Braille glove, and Audioacces devices so on. This paper suggests an innovative assistive device, a Braille keypad, for the viually impaired that would help them use computers just like a normal person. The Braille keypad implements the Braille cells as 6 switches that can be pressed simultaneously based on the actual Braille combination in order to type a particular letter and words. The corresponding letters/words are displayed as well as can be heard by the user. A text to speech algorithm is implemented using puTTY software which would help the user confirm what he/she has typed is right. In this way it enables them to interact and communicate as well as use computers and mobile phones much like a normal person.

Low cost audio based intelligent guidance system for visually impaired people

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (03) ◽  
pp. 515-520
Author(s):  
Vattumilli Komal Venugopal ◽  
Alampally Naveen ◽  
Rajkumar R ◽  
Govinda K ◽  
Jolly Masih
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Guidance System ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People

scholarly journals A Hands-Free Obstacle Detection and Avoidance System

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 801-804
Author(s):  
M. Abdul-Niby ◽  
M. Alameen ◽  
O. Irscheid ◽  
M. Baidoun ◽  
H. Mourtada
Keyword(s):  
Obstacle Avoidance ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Obstacle Detection ◽  
Text To Speech ◽  
Voice Signal ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
The Voice

In this paper, we present a low cost hands-free detection and avoidance system designed to provide mobility assistance for visually impaired people. An ultrasonic sensor is attached to the jacket of the user and detects the obstacles in front. The information obtained is transferred to the user through audio messages and also by a vibration. The range of the detection is user-defined. A text-to-speech module is employed for the voice signal. The proposed obstacle avoidance device is cost effective, easy to use and easily upgraded.

scholarly journals Development of a low-cost senor based aid for visually impaired people

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 727-730
Author(s):  
Nora Loepthien ◽  
Tanja Jehnichen ◽  
Josephine Hauser ◽  
Benjamin Schullcke ◽  
Knut Möller
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Tactile Feedback ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Pass Through

AbstractThe aim of the project is the development of an aid for blind or visually impaired people, considering economic aspects as well as easy adaptability to various daily situations. Distance sensors were attached to a walking frame (rollator) to detect the distance to obstacles. The information from the sensors is transmitted to the user via tactile feedback. This is realized with a number of vibration motors which were located at the upper belly area of the subject. To test the functionality of the aid to the blind, a testing track with obstacles has been passed through by a number of volunteers. While passing the track five times the needed time to pass through, as well as the number of collisions, were noticed. The results showed a decline in the average time needed to pass though the testing track. This indicates a learning process of the operator to interpret the signals given by the tactile feedback.

Low Cost GPS and GSM Based Navigational Aid for Visually Impaired People

2016 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 1575-1589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahul Dhod ◽  
Gurmohan Singh ◽  
Gagandeep Singh ◽  
Manjit Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Navigational Aid

scholarly journals Helping Hand for Unsighted People-Acoustic sight

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 533-536
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Raspberry Pi ◽  
System Support ◽  
Normal Person ◽  
Safe Navigation ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
The Moment

—Technology is best when it brings people together. Today technology plays a vital role in humanity. Also applied science can make the impossible possible. The proposed project aims to show equality in the safe navigation of visually impaired people just like a normal person. The project aims to help the secure guidance of humans with bad eyesight. This system support the sole in attaining the landing place, leading them across the way and alert them about the barrier that are expected in their path through the vibration and generate simulated speech output through headset. Therefore, this technology hold back them from striking the barrier. It add on value to conventional canes with barrier predicting, preventing human from accident and reducing difficulties in navigation. An ultrasonic sensor is execute to determine the distant of obstacles from the person. It is a Raspberry Pi based platform that is used to alert the person of impending obstacles. Also can create the place for all other components and it has functioning code. Here, a vibration motor is used to warn the person from the collision. Combined with the role of guiding, it also has aid preventing plan in case of emergency. The GPS is included to find the location of person and the location is sent to the person’s family through the notification by means of Blynk app. Accordingly, The project convince the visually impaired people can travel alone without getting fear or accidents at the moment.

Passive Haptic Learning of Taiwanese Braille Writing for Visually Impaired Individuals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chien-Hsing Chou ◽  
Yi-Zeng Hsieh ◽  
Shih-Syun Lin ◽  
Tao-Jen Yang ◽  
Wei-An Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Teaching System ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Practice Mode ◽  
Input Module ◽  
Haptic Learning ◽  
User Friendly

In this article, a passive haptic learning method for Taiwanese Braille writing was developed for visually impaired individuals through the employment of an effective user-friendly learning strategy. This system was designed with portability and low cost by applying the learning concept of passive haptic learning. This system designed a pair of gloves for visually impaired people to study Braille writing. Furthermore, we also designed a Braille writing teaching system for visually impaired people to learn and practice the Braille writing. Depending on the learning content, the corresponding vibration motors on the glove fingertips vibrate to produce the Taiwan Braille input gestures. The visually impaired people then feel tactile vibration feedback from the glove fingertips. In addition, the corresponding auditory feedback is provided from the Braille writing teaching system. After receiving a series of tactile vibration feedback, user’s finger muscles could memorize the corresponding Braille input gestures by the passive haptic learning. In the practice mode, the teaching system randomly selects practice content and announces the selected content in an auditory manner. Visually impaired users must then input the corresponding Braille codes by using the Braille writing input module. This mode can further reinforce users’ memorization of correct Braille codes for Mandarin characters.

scholarly journals RAPID PROTOTYPING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE ACCESSIBILITY TO CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR BLIND PEOPLE

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W15 ◽  
pp. 1077-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Scianna ◽  
F. Di Filippo
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Blind And Visually Impaired ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Problems And Solutions

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> The extension of accessibility of CH to disabled people is a current topic of great importance. Today, there exist a lot of ongoing projects aimed at the extension of accessibility using the most recent and low cost technologies to improve accessibility to CH. One of the technologies, today available that can help to improve accessibility to CH, is certainly rapid prototyping. The main goal of the research here illustrated is the application of rapid prototyping for the extension of accessibility of Cultural Heritage (CH) to blind and visually impaired people. This document reports an experiment that compared the effectiveness of different 3D models for the introduction of blind and visually impaired people to the tactile use of models of monuments. In addition, this study focuses on defining standards and guidelines regarding features of 3D models, e.g. print resolution, in order to obtain greater legibility of models at different scales by the blind or visually impaired people. This paper shows a part of a wider Interreg EU research project, named I-ACCESS, aimed to study accessibility problems and solutions for CH. The experiments conducted with the sample of disabled people, allowed to obtain results on the most suitable printing parameters to be used.</p>

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