Braille learning tools (Braillearn) / Wira Nata Negara ... [et al.]

This research is motivated by the problem of braille learning that is still conventional. In conventional braille learning, users need a companion to guide and teach them, thus makes users not independent because they have to be accompanied. Another problem is the providers of braille learning tools that can be self-taught are still limited, especially in developing countries. They are still not common and are sold at very high prices. Apart from that, some of the existing tools only load alphabet characters and have no other features. The authors tried to create a tool that can help the visually impaired people to recognize the character of alphabet and a tool that can be used for counting at an affordable price, using the Arduino UNO microcontroller as the main control of the system. It is expected that with this tool visually impaired people who want to learn to read braille can learn it independently. The type of research used is qualitative research. Qualitative research is an experimental research method by conducting experiments on control variables (input) to analyse the resulting output. Then the result will be compared with the output in the absence of variable control. The result of this research is a braille alphabet reading aid, which can also be used as a learning aid spelling for people with visual impairment.