VoiceStick / Nurul Dania Fatihah Jamalulail … [et al.]

Braille remains the prevailing standard for assisting special need individuals. Regrettably, the process of converting writing into braille incurs significant costs and demands a substantial amount of time. The VoiceStick is a sophisticated optical character recognition device that we have developed specifically to enable visually impaired individuals to access any book. It combines voice-output technology with scanning technology to enable blind or dyslexic individuals to read written text, like normal sighted individuals. In summary, when we utilise the VoiceStick to scan a page, the selected language is used to audibly read the text. The objective is to aid individuals who experience visual impairments and dyslexia. Users can effortlessly utilise this product without any need for contemplation, regardless of their location or the time. We have curated a selection of prominent languages; by simply pressing a button, the users can effortlessly change to a foreign language. Using cutting-edge technology, we successfully finalised the product by including Bluetooth connectivity, allowing users to easily establish wireless connections with other devices. The objective of developing this device was to address the concerns identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which reports a worldwide population of 314 million individuals with visual impairments, including 45 million who are completely blind.