Sparsha: A comprehensive Indian language toolset for the blind

ASSETS 2005 - The Seventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 114-120

  Lahiri, Anirban ^a   Chattopadhyay, Satya Jyoti ^b   Basu, Anupam ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Cal2cal India Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Audio feedback; Braille; Indian languages; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; FORMAL LANGUAGES; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

AUDIO FEEDBACK; BRAILLE; INDIAN LANGUAGES; LINGUISTIC DISABILITIES;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 32344450433     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1090785.1090807     Document Type: Conference Paper

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