• vivek sm

According to the World Health organization (WHO), 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide among which 90% live in developing countries, and forty five million blind individuals world-wide. Though there are many existing solutions to the problem of assisting individuals who are blind to read, however none of them provide a reading experience that in any way parallels that of the sighted population. In particular, there is a need for a portable reader that is affordable and readily available to the blind community. The brail box consists of 6 solenoids interfaced with Raspberry Pi that forms the refreshable Braille display. The android things package installed on Raspberry Pi is responsible to fetch the news from the news API. Once fetched, the news is converted into Braille format by the processor. The output is character to character conversion of the internet fetched news to Braille format .This Braille format is displayed by the Braille display constructed with the help of electromagnetic solenoids. The system finds interesting applications in libraries, offices etc where instructions and notices are to be conveyed and also in assisted filling of application forms.

"Brail box:A smart news reader", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.436-439, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908222.pdf

"Brail box:A smart news reader", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp436-439, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908222.pdf