Determining Braille Cell Number for Functional, Refreshable and Portable Document Reader Device

Fatih BASCIFTCI; Ayse ELDEM

A document reading device has been developed in order to facilitate and move the life of the visually impaired individuals one step forward. In this study, determining cell number for the device is aimed and three devices with the same properties except the Braille cell numbers have been created. 72 cell, 96 cell and 120 cell devices were tested by 25 visually impaired participants. According to the obtained data, it has been determined that it is not possible to make a more comfortable reading by increasing the number of cells, and as the number of Braille cells increases, the area covered by the cells increases; therefore, reading speed decreases

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Year:

2017

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Braille; Braille cell; Document Reader Device; Visually Impaired Individual

Journal:

IJECCE

Volume:

8

Number:

4

Pages:

243-245

Month:

July

ISSN:

2249-071X