Nyx – An Educational Assistant for the Visually Impaired

Aim:

       Thus the Educational Assistant for the Visually Impaired application.

Abstract:

          Every blind people irrespective of whether he/she is studying in special school or IE program must have access to a Braille kit. A Braille kit contains basic and all individuals require quality education to develop and advance in this knowledge driven world. The current educational curriculum is oriented towards the utilization of eyesight. Individuals who are blind or visually impaired hence experience a number of challenges when acquiring education. Visually impaired people often find it troublesome to acquire good reading materials in accessible formats. Lack of Braille knowledge and the inadequate supply of writing and reading equipment such as Braille machines, laptops and computers further make the learning process difficult for them. There are existing applications that allow users to hear words written on digital documents but not from paper documents. The proposed system is an android application with a voice-user interface for assisting the blind or visually impaired people to study, listen to text, get basic queries answered and also functions as a personal assistant. The application provides various functionalities such as scanning hard copies and converting them to audio books, converting e-books to audio books, web searching, bookmarking, creating notes and lists. This research study intends to provide a solution for the challenges in acquiring education faced by the blind or visually impaired people.

 Existing System:

        Traditionally, blind and visually impaired students have three educational options If you’re a parent, you may be wondering if your blind or visually impaired child should attend a traditional school or receive schooling through an alternative method. This is a big decision to make, and there’s no right or wrong choice. Traditionally, blind and visually impaired students have three educational options: traditional K-12 schools, residential schools for the blind, and home schooling or online courses. According to the NFB, nowadays the vast majority of blind and visually impaired children are educated at neighborhood schools. Depending on the size of your city and school district, your child may have any combination of the following options when attending a traditional grade school, middle school or high school paper makes a real       difference Since the beginning of the 21st century, blind children are in most cases entitled to study in ordinary schools, with equal rights and obligations to children . This is a big decision to make, and there’s no right or wrong choice. In the existing system In print for many partially sighted readers, well-designed print information using a minimum 14 point size font on good quality, and not shiny, the above type study will be conducted in impaired Student.

Problem Definition:

          There is a growing awareness among parents, teachers, blind youth, and the adult blind community that the education which blind children are receiving is failing them. They are not receiving a quality education which can prepare them to compete in the demanding high tech economy and society of the 21st Century. They are not learning to use and trust the alternative techniques which blind persons must have if they are to be successful. They are not developing the positive attitudes toward their blindness which are so essential to them if they are to become mature, responsible, productive adults.

Proposed System:

        The proposed system is an android application centered on helping the blind or visually impaired in studying. The voice assistant provides the user with the available options or modules and instructions on selecting them. The user will also be provided with an indication to start speaking at all stages, for effective speech recognition. The application provides various functionalities such as scanning hard copies and converting them to audio, converting e books to audio books, answering basic queries, voice recording and bookmarking. It lets the user scan hard copies of books or documents, recognizes the text present in the scanned images and converts the text to audios. The embedded voice assistant helps in answering basic queries through web searching and assists the user in handling the app. Additionally ,important pages and areas in the audio-book can be marked and users can also use an inbuilt voice recorder to record themselves speaking and convert it to text to keep notes or lists.

Advantages:

• Visually Impaired Students easy to use this application.
• This Application provides voice operated book mark.