Live Demonstration : A tactile audio gallery for visually impaired students

The tactile audio gallery device is an interactive educational device, developed to enhance the learning experience for visually impaired students. The device enables better perception of graphical information for visually impaired students. The device consists of a platform designed with an embedded array of capacitive sensors and an in-built audio content delivery module. Selective audio content is delivered simultaneously in accordance to the parts of the diagram felt by the user touch. The device accepts multiple tactile diagrams, each labelled with a unique RFID tag to identify and deliver relevant audio content. Thus, the tactile audio gallery device provides students a flexibility to study diagrams of their choice. The tactile audio gallery device is a simple portable reading solution for graphics based information. The device is aimed to deliver consolidated information to visually impaired students with minimum external assistance.