Thank you! Great information!
May your troubles be less,
your blessings be more,
and nothing but happiness
come through your door.
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From: "mukesh jain" <[email protected]>
To: "accessindia" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 10:23 AM
Subject: [AI] DRISHTI, For The Blind
Drishti, an interactive personal navigation system, developed at the
University of Florida, could someday guide the blind through corridors
and along busy city sidewalks.
The heart of the system is wearable computer about the size of a
thick paper-back book, witch is worn on the user’s waist, runs Windows
98 and is voice-controlled with an interface that uses IBM’S Via Voice
software. the computer is connected to a Global Positioning System
[GPS] receiver carried on the user’s back, witch keeps track of the
latitude and longitude.
As the user navigates the route given by the computer, the system
compares data from the GPS receiver with data from the GIS
[geographical information system] to define the route and warn if the
user is off the course or even away from the centre of the
sidewalk.
When the user gives the voice commands to ask for directions, the
system responds with verbal instruction giving distances in feet and
providing corrective guidance along the way.
Refreshable Electronic Braille Sheet
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have fabricated a flexible,
shock-resistant, lightweight Braille Sheet Display on an extremely
fine plastic film. The effective display size is 4X4 centimeters. Each
character consists of a 3X2 array of Braille dots, and the total
number of dots is 144. thus, 24 characters [four lines of six] can be
displayed at a time. The total thickness of the device is 1
millimeter, and the weight is 5.3 grams. The researchers predict the
sheet will make it possible to produce pocket-sized Braille electronic
book.
thanks,
mukesh jain.
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