Odia Braille: Text transcription via image processing

Braille-a model introduced to reduce the illiteracy rate among the visually challenged people. There has been a lot of scope for the conversion of English language to Braille but, the problem arises when the masses are unable to understand the communication by the visually challenged people. This paper focuses on the conversion of the Braille code representing Odia language(a language widely spoken in East India) into Odia word as text. For this, image processing using MATLAB technique provides a suitable platform to perform the segmentation of Braille cell for pattern selection and hence, Odia letter and word recognition. Braille Data Base creation acts as a storage system for the process and its accuracy is also tested which is explained in this paper.