• DocumentCode
    674698
  • Title

    An electronic solution to automate the process of Grade-1 braille training

  • Author

    Osuch, P.J. ; Sinha, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    20-23 Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    47
  • Lastpage
    52
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the design and potential implementation of the Electronic Braille Training System which automates the process of teaching a blind user the Grade-1 Braille English alphabet. Current Braille training systems have seen little development and lack the necessary functionality at reduced costs. A low-cost electronic Braille training system is designed and built which requires minimal user input by using audio to convey information to the user. Training schemes require the user to enter a certain letter, as dictated by the speakers, into the Braille keyboard. Upon incorrect entry, the correct keys are lifted to show the user the correct representation of the letter, by touch.
  • Keywords
    computer based training; handicapped aids; teaching; Braille keyboard; Grade-1 Braille English alphabet; Grade-1 Braille training process automation; audio; low-cost electronic Braille training system; teaching; Communities; Computers; Educational institutions; Prototypes; Training; Writing; Audio Systems; Braille; Computer aided instruction; Electronic learning; Training;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2401-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713652
  • Filename
    6713652