Text messaging for visually impaired

Abstract

This project is designed to help the visually impaired become a part of modern forms of communication. In this paper, we will present a hands-free device that is meant to be wirelessly connected to a smartphone through an accompanying app which will provide access to all forms of messengers and enable the user to send, listen, respond to a text message, etc. These many options have been made possible by combining the movement of different fingers, without the need of any kind of buttons or keyboards. The system is based on accelerometers and Morse code. It's easy to use, discreet and it also provides privacy, opposed to the voice input. So far, we have made a non-wireless device and programmed and tested it in LabView and Matlab.