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II.
Keywords
visually
challenged;
educational
application; VUI; books reading; document writing.
I.
INTRODUCTION
Mobile
Screen
Reader
Usage
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Fig: Graph on utilization of screen readers by the blind.
The percentage of blind who were subjected to the survey
versus the degree of blindness is plotted in the graph. As the
degree increases, the screen reader utility is increased. About
85% of visually challenged with 6th degree of blindness or
complete visual damage is opting screen readers prevalently.
III. AVAILABLE SCREEN READING SOFTWARES:
Screen readers [3] are the softwares that are used to read the
content on the screen which can be later used by the blind to
select the particular icon or task easily.
The available screen reader softwares :
eclipse. The google voice search and google talk are taken as
base with which the reader and writer modules are developed.
To store the data which is been given as input to the writer
screen and to store the PDF or word files for later retrieval is
done using the SQL-lite which is the traditional database for
android based applications.
The illustration on how the application is divided into modules
and how it works is defined in the algorithm section.
Screen Reader
Creator
Platform
ChromeVox
ChromeOS
iZoom
Issist
Windows
MobileSpeak
Code Factory
Windows
Mobile
TalkBack
Android 1.6+
VoiceOver
Apple
Mac OS X
Virtual Vision
Micropower
Windows
MicroSurf
MicroSurf
MAC, Windows
Some of the above are for commercial use and some are
freewares. With the available screen readers and the available
technologies, it is easy to design an application that can read
files and write files for the blind.
IV. EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES:
There are several studies about e-learning for blind[4]. An
intelligent speech based learning system and case based
reasoning based on the Braille system is brought into existence
with Apache middleware. The VUI and WUI are used through
mobile phones by the registered telephone numbers which
accesses the internet respectively. VoiceXML is used in
developing the system which complements the existing elearning and web-based learning systems.
A. Android Voice Interface:
The voice actions of Android VUI are app-based, and they are
declared just like a launcher icon. Users says "Start " to use
these voice actions and an activity that you specify starts in the
mobile screen.
B. Google Voice Search:
The google voice search allows the user to use the internet by
giving voice inputs which are then searched in google search.
Android 4.1+ jelly bean is merged with google search.
C. S Voice Agent:
S Voice[5] is the peculiar software which is available only in
the Samsung android series, which includes S4, S4 Mini, Tab
3 7.0, Stellar, Grand, Core etc., They are running with the help
of Nuance backup. The usage is limited to opening apps,
alarms, and social networking websites.
V. PROPOSAL AND IMPLEMENTATION IDEA
The idea that is being proposed is based on the existing screen
readers and VUI interfaces. When there are applications like
screen readers which reads the contents on the screen, we can
use an application which can mitigate the amount of people
involved for reading to the blinds (readers) and writing to the
blinds (scribes).
This is done in the android platform which is used by 85% of
the blind users[6]. ADT tools are used which are the plug-in for
If (read) is selected
Display the pdf/word files.
if ( the file is chosen)
Do
{
Read the file word by word.
}
else
{
give VoiceOutput ("File is not available");
}
When the read operation is selected, the available files are
displayed as a list. When the particular file which is to be read
is specified, that file is read word by word. If there is some
error, the file is not available message is thrown. This
operation can be interrupted in-between to pause and resume.
VII.WORKING AND IMPLEMETATION OF AN APPLICATION
The product of this proposal is to make blinds to have access
and reading of audio books with the help of VUI and available
technologies which reads the document when prompted to
read and writes the files when prompted to write. The working
of the application with the files can be explained with the
screenshots which illustrates how actually the application
works
Here, the file is read when the speaker or mic button at the
bottom of the page is pressed. Pressing it one more time
pauses the file giving space for the person to decide on rereading and understanding.
From the heading to the end, word by word, the application
reads the document in user understandable speed.
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