Mobile Reading Assistant for Blind People
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چکیده
This paper describes an embedded device dedicated for blind or visually impaired people. The main aim of this system is to build an automatic text reading assistant using existing hardware associated with innovative algorithms. A personal digital assistant (PDA) was chosen because it combines small-size, computational resources and low cost price. Three key technologies are necessary: text detection, optical character recognition and speech synthesis. Moreover, to be as efficient as possible, a specific interface was created to answer blind people requests.
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