An application is a coded program built to aid people in performing various activities. An application is therefore different from a utility (which carries out maintenance or multi- purpose tasks), an operating system (which manages a computer), and programming tools (which are used to create computer applications). They are designed keeping in mind the specific activity which it needs to accomplish. Therefore, our aim was to build an application specifically designed for differently abled people. In today’s world of technology where all the tech giants whether it be Google, Apple or Microsoft are focused on evolving technology for modern generation to make this world a better place, but it is more than often the case that none of these pioneers ever focus on the welfare of the people who are differently abled. Hence, we came up with this idea to create a Linux based software, so that differently abled people no longer require the need/help of other people to operate a computer. We named our application Louis after Louis Braille, the inventor of Braille script. It is a software which will help these people in performing day to day tasks carried out using a computer such as reading a file, writing a document, searching the web, listening to music or using a calculator. Since, differently abled people often face difficulty in using input devices such as a keyboard or a mouse. So, the input mode that our application uses is voice input. All the commands are given by the user via voice commands by pressing a predefined key and since blind people can’t make use of output device such as a monitor to see the results, each of the utility in our application provides a voice output for each of the query made by the user. Even the login module uses voice authentication, i.e. make use of pre-recorded user voice samples to authenticate the user. Thus, creating a final product which is easy to use for differently abled people so that they no longer have to rely on other people to use a computer.
To use Louis just follow the following steps.
- Open Terminal.
- Open
Debug.logand paste the content on the terminal to install the dependencies. - Search for startup Application and set
auto.shint startup applications - then simply use the command
python register.py
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