Blind Assist Using the Voice and Camera Assistant Android App for Visually Impaired Person

  • Unique Paper ID: 161118
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2
  • PageNo: 1038-1041
  • Abstract:
  • As far as outdoor activities are concerned the blind face difficulties in safe and independent mobility depriving them of normal professional and social life. Also, there are issues of communication and access to information. This project is for the visually impaired people and is based on the android platform. The major module of the project scans and detects the object in the image captured by the camera of an in-built camera of a smartphone for the visually impaired. It is a dedicated image recognition application running on an Android system smartphone. Now-a-days, the mobile phone is one of the most powerful entities in the world, it helps for communication and to ease our day-to-day tasks. This android application integrates accessibility with navigation and features for safety of the user. The main aim is to guide visually impaired people to travel from source to destination. The user gives input vocally and he is guided through audio commands. We have included features like image recognition, making it easier for the visually impaired to identify the object around them. The app also includes news readers, therefore eliminating the issue of access to information. The user can get to know the day to day news which the app will read out for them. Adding to this, the app also helps the user to set alarms as well as remainders.

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2
  • PageNo: 1038-1041

Blind Assist Using the Voice and Camera Assistant Android App for Visually Impaired Person

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