Braille KeyGlove: Assistive Sensor Glove for Visually Impaired Using Arduino Microcontroller

Access to each individual’s information and resources is essential to the smooth management of humanity. However, society has evolved that those with normal vision have the advantage of accessing the information they need. They can use this information to lead a better lifestyle and make the most of the tools and information at their disposal, but this tendency results in the social exclusion of the visually impaired community. A visually impaired person finds it difficult to use computers and other digital or educational software in the same way as normal people. Due to their disability, there is a gap between the visually impaired and modern high technology advancements. Hence, Braille KeyGlove aims to develop a braille converter system using sensor gloves that allows visually impaired people to perform typing tasks easily which enables them to use existing technological software facilities as well as allowing them to have equal access to online information and interactions. To achieve the aim, the methodology that is used throughout the research is the Agile model which consists of requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and review phases. This project primarily uses ESP32 physical board with several capacitive touch sensors that can be connected to mobile devices. The overall development of the application is supported by using the Microsoft Visual Studio where the Flutter extension is installed to implement mobile applications on Android-based operating systems. With the advancement of this project, the aim of having visually impaired people interact and use today’s technologies can be achieved.