Title :
DRISHTI—A gesture controlled text to braille converter
Author :
Kartha, Vineeth ; Nair, Deepu S. ; Pranoy, Sreekant S. ; Pranoy, P. ; Jayaprakash, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Gov. Eng. Coll., Thiruvananthapuram, India
Abstract :
The need for devices for aiding the physically challenged has been on demand. A text to Braille converter is intended to aid the blind to interact with computers at workplaces and homes. Though several such devices are available, the cost is a limiting factor. Here we introduce a low cost gesture controlled device that enables blind to read through digital files in PDF, ODT or DOC formats just like an ordinary Braille text.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; medical computing; text analysis; word processing; DOC format; DRISHTI; ODT format; PDF format; blind; computer; digital files; gesture controlled text to braille converter; low cost gesture controlled device; Computers; Libraries; Linux; Microcontrollers; Portable document format; Software; Solenoids;
Conference_Titel :
India Conference (INDICON), 2012 Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Kochi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2270-6
DOI :
10.1109/INDCON.2012.6420639
