An AI-Based Visual Aid With Integrated Reading Assistant for the Completely Blind

A Smart stick system concept is devised to provide a smart electronic aid for blind people. Blind and visually impaired people find difficulties in detecting obstacles during walking in the street. The system is intended to provide artificial vision and object detection, real time assistance via Raspberry Pi. The system consists of ultrasonic sensors, Camera, and the feedback is received through voice output.

The proposed system detects an object around them and sends feedback in the form of speech, warning messages via earphone. The aim of the overall system is to provide a low cost and efficient navigation and obstacle detection aid for blind which gives a sense of artificial vision by providing information about the environmental scenario of static and dynamic object around them, so that they can walk independently.