Abstract:
Despite the advancement in web-based technologies, there remains a vacuum for
providing accessibility to people with disabilities. After careful observation of the
web services available out there, we are excited to propose a web application for
visually impaired people. There are limited resources available which ensure
efficient usage of the web and its services by visually impaired people. With this
project, we would cater to the needs of the visually impaired by developing a web
application which they can use effortlessly and feel more inclusive.
We aim to ensure that there are no barriers for people with disabilities to use web
services. For this purpose, we will be developing a web application the visually
impaired people. The visually impaired and the blind often need the help of another
person who would use web applications on their behalf as the web applications are
not usable by themselves. We would like to empower people with visual
impairment and enable them to use web services on their own without needing the
help of anyone else.
This application would utilize a two-part functionality. The first one would be texl-
to-speech. Users would be able to navigate around the web application and use its
services through a generated voice that would guide them as they hover around the
web page. In this way, people with visual impairment can use web services easily
without needing help from a third person. All the functionalities of regular web
applications would be accessible to them. The second part of this application would
include voice inputs and uses .speech-to-text. The visually impaired users input their
commands which are then interpreted and converted into text and
speech as
matched with the data stored in our database while other navigational commands
are used to perform various other operations.
