Vobmap - voice-based mail application using API technology for visually impaired / Azlina Zainal

As the progress in the technology becomes rapidly, communication over distant becomes very crucial for people including visually impaired too. There were many improvements been introduced, however the visually impaired people still find it very hard to utilize todays communication technology because of their vision incompetency. Most of the available application for communication needs visual perception making it difficult to be access. Therefore, the objective of this project is to develop a prototype of a voice-based mail application using API technology to assist the visual impaired user send email in an effortless way. Besides, this research also is done to encourage people with vision difficulties to use email where even though with vision loss, they can still use social media and will feel normal like other poeple. This application is design specifically for people with visual impairment such as blurred vision, far sighted, near sighted and sightless. The application is using Txt to Speech (TTS), Voice Recognition and Javamail API making it easy to use even to a naive visually impaired without training because it only requires user to communicate through voice. This application will also benefit illiterate people who are not able to read and is completely based on interactive voice response which will make it user friendly and efficient to use.