Smart Glass with Voice Recognition and Visual Processing Facility for Visually Impaired People

SEEE DIGIBOOK ON ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 01, MAY 2018 pp. (53-58)
Abstract– Smart – Glass is a wearable smart camera device built with a powerful microcontroller. It understands the user voice requests and supplies the relevant information using auditory feedback through an earphone. The device aims to improve the quality of life for the blind and visually impaired people and makes them understand their surroundings in a clear way as close as to a normal person. The device is built to fulfill the needs of a visually impaired person and thus capable of doing the following. It can identify traffic signal lights, find the vehicle and people movement while crossing roads, identify currency notes (10, 50, 100, 500 rupee notes), recognize objects, obstacles, recognize alphabets, numerals, act as night time security camera and play your favorite music
Index Terms – Smart glass; impaired people; voice; visual; specks.;
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A.Nagarajan, K.Sindhuja, C.R.Balamurugan
Karpagam College of Engineering,
Coimbatore, India
avnrajan22@gmail.com, sindhujacit.cbe@gmail.com, crbalain2010@gmail.com

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