Title :
Reading aid for the blind
Author :
Tehranchi, H. ; Sunthankar, S. ; Malyan, R.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Electron. Syst., Kingston Univ., UK
Abstract :
The infinite large variation in shape, orientation, and size of handprinted characters resulting from writing habits is a problem when a machine is required to recognize handwritten characters. The authors describe a recognition method to recognise handprinted characters by classifying the topological feature of a character´s profile. Character recognition is the most difficult aspect in the design of Text-to-Speech systems using input-documents
Keywords :
character recognition equipment; handicapped aids; medical expert systems; sensory aids; blind person´s reading aid; character recognition; handwritten characters; multiple-stage decision; rule-based system; structural rules; topological feature;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing for Disabled People, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
