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how effective are text to braille converters? (self.Blind)
submitted by yanarpp
Hi
I was looking for text to braille converters and could not find much information on how effective they are?
are there options/devices available that capture(click a picture) of a piece of text and convert it into braille?
how useful would something like this be?
Sorry for my lack of knowledge I am trying to learn!
I was looking for text to braille converters and could not find much information on how effective they are?
are there options/devices available that capture(click a picture) of a piece of text and convert it into braille?
how useful would something like this be?
Sorry for my lack of knowledge I am trying to learn!
Marconius 2 points 7y ago
When using the screen reader on either a computer or a mobile device, connecting a braille display to it already converts any text to braille. That's the entire purpose of the braille display apart from being a braille entry keyboard. There is a mobile application called KN FB reader which does optical character recognition; take a picture of a document or some text and it does a fairly decent job at converting the image to text that can be read by a screen reader and subsequently sent to a braille display.
Are you looking for some kind of converter that turns text into visual braille for sighted people?
Are you looking for some kind of converter that turns text into visual braille for sighted people?
yanarpp [OP] 1 points 7y ago
My question is more guided towards actual physical reading rather than reading from a mobile device(listening). Something similar to this application you mention where a mobile device clicks images of real world text and converts it into Braille or audio output in real time.
dmazzoni 2 points 7y ago
Do a Google search for refreshable braille display. That's a real physical device that exists today and it is basically instant. Small ones are relatively portable. The only problem with them is they're too expensive.
The other option is to emboss braille on paper. An embossed is kind of like a printer. Not portable, but works fine.
When you say audio input, do you mean output? I'm not sure what you could mean by input.
The other option is to emboss braille on paper. An embossed is kind of like a printer. Not portable, but works fine.
When you say audio input, do you mean output? I'm not sure what you could mean by input.
yanarpp [OP] 1 points 7y ago
Yup meant audio output.
dmazzoni 2 points 7y ago
OK so all of the things you're talking about are normally provided by two independent pieces of software. OCR or image recognition software like KNFB reader recognizes printed text, and a screen reader reads it out loud or sends it to a braille display
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