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Mobile Application for Vision Impaired People to Facilitate to Learn the English Language

by Anuradha Jayakody, Shashika Lokuliyana, A.A.T. Sampath, G.T.S. Silva, S.A.L. Rajanthika, H.M.T.B. Seneviratne
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 138 - Number 12
Year of Publication: 2016
Authors: Anuradha Jayakody, Shashika Lokuliyana, A.A.T. Sampath, G.T.S. Silva, S.A.L. Rajanthika, H.M.T.B. Seneviratne
10.5120/ijca2016909025

Anuradha Jayakody, Shashika Lokuliyana, A.A.T. Sampath, G.T.S. Silva, S.A.L. Rajanthika, H.M.T.B. Seneviratne . Mobile Application for Vision Impaired People to Facilitate to Learn the English Language. International Journal of Computer Applications. 138, 12 ( March 2016), 12-17. DOI=10.5120/ijca2016909025

@article{ 10.5120/ijca2016909025,
author = { Anuradha Jayakody, Shashika Lokuliyana, A.A.T. Sampath, G.T.S. Silva, S.A.L. Rajanthika, H.M.T.B. Seneviratne },
title = { Mobile Application for Vision Impaired People to Facilitate to Learn the English Language },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { March 2016 },
volume = { 138 },
number = { 12 },
month = { March },
year = { 2016 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 12-17 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume138/number12/24430-2016909025/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2016909025 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Anuradha Jayakody
%A Shashika Lokuliyana
%A A.A.T. Sampath
%A G.T.S. Silva
%A S.A.L. Rajanthika
%A H.M.T.B. Seneviratne
%T Mobile Application for Vision Impaired People to Facilitate to Learn the English Language
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 138
%N 12
%P 12-17
%D 2016
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

This paper brings together the development of a mobile application which capable of providing English language guide for vision impaired people. This research work has proposed and implementation of a system called “An English Eye: Way to Learn English as a Vision Impaired Individual” to facilitate blind people to learn English as a secondary language using mobile based application which is capable of translating an English word into its corresponding Sinhala word and vice versa. The system consists of the speech recognizer, translators, a speech synthesizer, gesture interactions and latest technologies that have been applied to make it more accessible for vision-impaired people. Also, to the translator, this system comes with features such as brail input methodologies, character segmentation techniques, speech to text conversation, and so forth. English is a lingua franca which is critical to tertiary education through a substantial amount of learning and teaching materials are available in English. Many academics and researchers have proposed different methodologies to learn English using existing technologies; i.e. educational software, CDs, DVDs, videos, e-mails, internet. Though there are resources, it is still a challenge to learn English as a vision impaired student in the Sri Lankan context due to lack of accessibility issues engaged with resources mentioned above. In addressing this needs, the challenge of building a mobile application to help vision impaired people was taken up.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

English Eye Vision Impaired Learning Braille interface