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Mobile Base Sinhala Book Reader for Visually Impaired Students

Abstract

The project aims to improve the reading experience and skills of visually impaired students in Sri Lanka by creating a mobile application that allows them to easily read printed books and stationery in Sinhala. The mobile application uses optical character recognition (OCR) technology and voice navigation, incorporating text-to-speech features of the event synthesis framework. The application accurately captures characters on a page of a Sinhala book and distinguishes them using OCR technology, enabling visually impaired people to convert text into accessible digital formats. The extracted text is then made audible via text-to-speech. Sinhala Voice Navigation support is provided for users to navigate the app, get feedback from the user, and identify objects in the surrounding room. The application uses image recognition and description algorithms to describe pictures in Sinhala, helping visually impaired children understand the visual content and improve their reading skills. The platform also offers features to adjust reading speed and choose between male or female voices.

Country : Sri Lanka

1 Thirosh Madhusha2 H.D.Madushi Bhagya3 Sajeewa Godakanda4 J.P.Dulmi Semini5 Prof. Koliya Pulasinghe6 P.K.P.G. Panduwawala

  1. Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka
  2. Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka
  3. Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka
  4. Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka
  5. Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka
  6. Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka

IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 11, November 2023 pp. 127-134

doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2023.711018

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