Browser for visually impaired people

Updated on: Monday, January 11, 2010

The University Grants Commission has sanctioned Rs. 10.59 lakh to the Department of Computer Science, Avinashilingam University for Women here, to undertake a research project on “automatic Tamil voice recognition browser for visually impaired people”.

The project with V. Radha, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, as the Principal Investigator will focus on development of an internet browser to revolutionise the way the visually impaired learners read and write. M. Krishnaveni, Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, will be the co-investigator.

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