Interface Braille automatizada

Abstract

The text reading process performed by a visual impaired individual is made by means of touch over the symbols in high-relief surface. These symbols are Braille code so that they represent the letters, numbers and several other symbols. This project is focused to develop a device in order to bring improvements of quality of life of visual impaired individual. The device is compound by two parts: hardware and software. The hardware, connected to a personal computer, is responsible by the automatization of Braille code and interface to the visual impaired individual with the computer. The software, loaded in a computer, performs several tasks. One of the tasks is to accelerate the alphabetization of visual impaired individual by means of the proposed Automated Braille Interface. Visual impaired individuals, and teachers who work in this area, evaluated the proposed system and concluded that it improves the quality of life of the visually impaired people. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.