Communication System between Deaf-Blind People and Non-Disabled People Using Body-Braille and Infrared Communication

Ohtsuka, Satoshi; Hasegawa, Shoichi; Sasaki, Nobuo; Harakawa, Tetsumi

doi:10.1109/ccnc.2010.5421647

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“…More recent approaches to communication are the works of Ohtsuka et al who propose different methods [9], [10] for the remote communication for deaf-blind people. While they present novel approaches, the use of non-standard communication methods means that there is much trial and error to be done before their system becomes widely accepted.…”

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MyVox—Device for the communication between people: blind, deaf, deaf-blind and unimpaired

Ramirez-Garibay

Olivarria

Aguilera

et al. 2014

IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC 2014)

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Humans are social creatures. We learn by connecting with those around us, through communication. While people with hearing or visual impairments alone can find a way to share their thoughts with others and understand them, deafblind people face a much more difficult communication task. Here, appropriate technology can play a decisive role.The small size and low power consumption of ARM-based computers, such as the Raspberry Pi, have opened the door for many embedded applications, including a heart monitoring method and an assistive navigation system for the blind. Some estimates place the number of deaf-blind people in the U.S. at around 40,000 individuals. While a commercial view considers this a small market, thus making communication devices not commercially viable; from a humanitarian view, this is a significant number of people who would greatly benefit from a technological means of communication.This paper presents the design, prototype and testing of a portable keyboard and speaker device with a braille refreshable display for the communication between two people (either being deaf-blind) that has both, a comparatively low cost, and many possibilities for further development on the ARM-based computer system.

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Section: Current Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

MyVox—Device for the communication between people: blind, deaf, deaf-blind and unimpaired

Ramirez-Garibay

Olivarria

Aguilera

et al. 2014

IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC 2014)

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“…A supporter which is on the other end of the line sees the picture and communicates the name of the object back to the user via Body-Braille. In 2010, we proposed a communication system between deafblind people and non-disabled people [2]. In this system, users did not need an understanding of the communication method of the other person: Deaf-blind people used Braillebased communication while non-disabled people used textbased communication.…”

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Introduction of a wireless Body-Braille device and a self-learning system

Ohtsuka

Tomizawa

Hasegawa³

et al. 2013

2013 IEEE 2nd Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE)

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Body-Braille is a mechanism for presenting one Braille cell using micro-vibrators on any part of the body. One application of Body-Braille is the Helen Keller Phone system which is a communication system for deaf-blind people. It is currently in the commercial stage. Since it is expected that users of Body-Braille will increase in number, a self-learning system for Body-Braille is required. Moreover, such a self-learning system must be easy for deaf-blind users to use. In this paper, we describe a wireless device which we have developed for this purpose and details of a self-learning system for Body-Braille. In order to test the system, we performed an experiment in which 14 subjects recognized Body-braille patterns in the first stage of self-learning. The recognition rate was 74.1%. However, postexperiment interviews revealed a keystroke issue that if corrected, would yield a 92.0% recognition rate.

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