Summary:
The Optical Character Recognition software would then convert the letters into signals that are formed into different Braille letters by the cells,” explains Vikram. That is what triggered a group of students from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) to design a Braille reader that can help the needy to read regular texts and documents. But what if a visually challenged person could read a regular book just like everyone else? “With this device anyone trained in Braille would be able to read books, texts, documents or newspapers. The robotics club of IIST has taken the Braille reader as their club project..