Smart Stick for The Blind and Visually Impaired People

Abstract

Physical disability has affected many people’s lives across the world. One of these disabilities that strongly affected some large category of people is visual lose. Blind people often face difficulties in moving around freely such as: in crossing the street, in reading, driving or socializing. They often rely on using certain aid devices to reach certain places or perform any other daily activities such as walking sticks. Currently, blind people use a traditional cane as a tool for directing them when they move from one place to another. Visually impairment is a factor that greatly reduces the mobility of people. Currently the most widespread and used mean by the visually impaired people are the white stick, however it has limitation. With the latest technology, it is possible to extend the support give to people with visual impairment during their mobility. In this paper we proposed a system named voice aided electronic stick, whose objective is to give users the confidence to move around in unfamiliar environments. In this paper we proposed an idea of designing electronic stick using Global System Messaging (GSM), Global Positioning System (GPS) and Ultra-sonic technology.