Title
Ñawinchay: Low cost system for facilitating the Braille literacy for blind people
Other title
Ñawinchay: Sistema de bajo costo para facilitar la alfabetización Braille para personas ciegas
Date Issued
01 June 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
IEEE Computer Society
Abstract
This paper describes the design and implementation of low cost system for facilitating the Braille Literacy for blind people, it was aimed for teachers and students in schools in Apurimac Peru. This first ongoing prototype was developed using the Java programming language, two Arduino microcontroller, 12 servomotors, 12 LEDs and connection cables. The teacher types a word in the input form, then select the time delay, then the system sends each letter signal to the Arduino hardware and then it sends to the servomotor the signal to lift the LEDs, finally the blind student touches the lifted LEDs to interpret the character, syllable or word. The cost of the hardware used is USD$ 40 approximately. The prototype was tested by teachers and blind students, teachers manifest their conformity with the system functionality, because it is more intuitive and easier to use compared with traditional paper and awl based system, and blind students can learn Braille literacy in less time than before.
Volume
2019-June
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Educacion especial (para estudiantes dotados y aquellos con dificultades del apredizaje)
Ingeniería de sistemas y comunicaciones
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85070082038
Source
Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI
Resource of which it is part
Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI
ISSN of the container
21660727
ISBN of the container
9789899843493
Conference
14th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI 2019
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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