• Nithin Nageshwaran K
• Hemanandhini B
• Kavinkumar N
• Sivaramakrishnan Rajendar

Assistive devices play a crucial role in addressing the needs of individuals with visual impairments, facilitating their access to printed text. However, existing assistive systems encounter several limitations, including inadequate accessibility, high costs,and cumbersome interfaces. To overcome these challenges, this paper proposes a system called Aural Companion, an innovative device designed to revolutionize reading assistance for the visually impaired. By integrating state-of-the-art technologies such as Raspberry Pi, Python, and the Tesseract OCR engine, the system offers seamless conversion of printed text into natural audio. Unlike conventional systems, the Aural Companion boasts enhanced accessibility, affordability, and user-friendliness. Through the utilization of IoT principles and voice commands, users can navigate text effortlessly, empowering them to engage in reading activities independently. The findings demonstrate that the Aural Companion outperforms existing assistive systems in terms of accuracy, speed, and costeffectiveness, heralding a new era of accessibility for individuals with visual impairments.

Raspberry Pi, Tesseract OCR engine, Google Text – Voice, Natural Language Processing

"Design and Development of Aural Companion: A Revolutionary Device for Visually Impaired Reading Assistance", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 5, page no.b337-b342, May-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2405144.pdf

"Design and Development of Aural Companion: A Revolutionary Device for Visually Impaired Reading Assistance", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 5, page no. ppb337-b342, May-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2405144.pdf