Voice based e-mail and skype-call application for the blind

Abstract

In the modern world, communication has become easy and efficient due to advancement of technology and development of the Internet. However, this does not apply for the visually impaired people. With the new technological developments, blind population finds it is challenging to keep up with the modern communication methods such as email and Skype. The main barrier stands in between these communication methods and the blind users is, their inability to use the keyboard and to see the computer or phone screen. This paper aims at describing the system being developed for the visually impaired people to use email/Skype using a desktop and to take phone calls using a smart phone, without any previous training. The system will not require the user to make use of keyboard; instead, it will work only using mouse operations and speech conversion to text. Text to speech conversions would be used to give the output and to read the screen contents to the user. This system can also be used by any normal person, for example the ones who are not able to read (illiterate). The system is completely based on interactive voice responses, which will make it user friendly and easy and efficient to use.