Morse Chat

Project proposal for Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge India Design Contest 2015Project Domain-Medical/Assistive Technologies Morse Chat-A Wearable Communication Device for DeafblindsDelhi Technological Universityame College !D/"oll o#U$/P$ Course/%ranch &emester'AT! %AT"A 2K12!!0"# $% &'Tech!! 5thAU"A$ $UPTA2K12!!02( $% &'Tech!! 5thAA"()! A$"AWA*2K12!C00) $% &'Tech!C! 5thA+&)AT MAT)U"2K12!!01# $% &'Tech!! 5th*entored +, Pragati KumarProfessorDepartment of !lectrical !ngineeringDelhi Technological $niversit,-.ormerl, Delhi College of !ngineering/0hah+ad Daulatpur1 *ain &a2ana 3oad1 Delhi4#21 IndiaAbstractKeywordsMorse Code;deafblinds; Wearable Assitive Technology;Wireless In this proposal 2e have introduced a 2eara+le communication device for the deaf+linds' Itutili5estheInternational 0,stemof*orseCodseasacommunicationprotocol' Thisdevicecalled *orse Chat allo2s the less gifted ones to chat 2ith each other +, means of vi+rotactilemorsecode'The user cantal6to otherperson+,usingpush4+uttons-dashdots/1these areprocessed +, *0P#)0 and are transmitted 2irelessl, +, TI7s CC1108 9ireless &ooster pac6 totheother user' Theother user perceives thevi+rotactile*orseCodecorrespondingtoeachcharacteralpha+et received from the first user'Thus this creates a means of communication for+lindeafs 2hich is eas, to learn andrelia+le'Mar,et AnalysisThere are 5 la6hs children and adults in India 2ho are deaf+lind'It7s a 2idel, 6no2n fact that:5; of 2hat 2e learn comes from seeing and hearing1 imagine the life of these people 2ho arecannot see and hear' Due to multiple sensor, loss 1 the life of these people have gone from +ad to2orst ma6ing them ena+le to lead lives in an, +etter 2a, possi+le'There is a lac6 of a2areness a+out the categor, of people 2ho are deaf+lind not just amongmasses +ut in government too' &ecause of this1 the lives of these people have +ecome misera+leand often the, are discriminated and neglected +, the 2orld'In a countr, li6e India 2here there are 500000 deaf+linds1 not much attempts have +een made to+ring a+out an, change' o2 a&oard *em+er of >ational Trust and%overning Council mem+er of 0enseInternational -India/G'e2 Hor6 and 2or6s in @elen Keller>ational Centre3ajesh *ehta a deaf+lind man in 8im+di1%ujarat 2ho o2ns and manages a s2eetmeatshopIamir Dhale Houng deaf+lind man +roughtup in *um+ai and 2or6s as