قسم الهنــدسـة

THE PIONEER MACHINE FOR READING AND WRITING USING BRAILLE SYSTEM

السنة الأكاديمية:
2010


Supervisors:
بشير النوري


الطلاب:
عمرو الخياط
فتحي ابو صالح
عصام ظريفة
مهدي اشتية



القسم:
الهندسة الميكانيكية


الملفات:

GP_Presentation.pptx

“People with disabilities have abilities too and that is what this course is all about - making sure those abilities blossom and shine so that all the dreams you have can come true.” [1] Mary McAleese 1951 The Braille system, named after Louis Braille, is a method widely used by blind people enabling them to read and write. Each Braille character, or so called "cell", is made up of six dot positions, arranged in a rectangle containing two columns of three dots each. A dot may be raised at any of the six positions to form sixty-four combinations, counting the space, in which no dots are raised. Braille language is the main language blind adults and kids use. We created a method which can facilitate the reading and writing of Braille language mainly for kids. However, the current Braille systems have many limitations and obstacles such as its size and overlapping the characters ,resulting in difficulties of understanding and applying the language particularly for blind kids and those with low vision. THE NEW BRAILLE READING-WRITING MACHINE principle is based on the classical Braille language. It is considered as an adjuvant method to better understand the Braille language. This device will be used to rise above the limitations of reading and writing in Braille system. The currently used small size characters and the overlap between these characters are the major difficulties the students who lost their sight at old age or people with low vision face with the classical way used in the classical Braille language. Therefore, the machine will enable the blind to write and read at the same time. In addition, it will help the people with low vision by lighting the alphabets to ease reading the language for them. Thus, this device will help blind and low vision students all over the World.