A computerised Braille transcriptor for the visually handicapped

Author

Das, Pradip K. ; Das, Rina ; Chaudhuri, Atal

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Jadavpur Univ., Calcutta, India

fYear

1995

fDate

15-18 Feb 1995

Firstpage

42436

Lastpage

42437

Abstract

Presents the computerisation of two existing Braille equipment useful for producing texts for the visually handicapped. When used with the Braille press this system can directly produce metallic plates from English texts entered into the computer by persons uninitiated in Braille. Automatic machine translation in both grade 1 and grade 2 has been achieved. Software techniques followed to effect the translations have been discussed. The prototype of the system is operational at the Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys´ Academy, Narendrapur, West Bengal

Keywords

handicapped aids; language translation; sensory aids; Braille equipment; Braille press; English texts; Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys Academy; automatic machine translation; computerised Braille transcriptor; grade 1; grade 2; metallic plates; software techniques; visually handicapped; Books; Computer interfaces; Computer science; Computer science education; Educational products; Fatigue; Printing machinery; Productivity; Prototypes; Software prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995 and 14th Conference of the Biomedical Engineering Society of India. An International Meeting, Proceedings of the First Regional Conference., IEEE

Conference_Location

New Delhi

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2711-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RCEMBS.1995.532192

Filename

532192