Urdu to Braille Editor

Project Title

Urdu to Braille Editor

Project Area of Specialization Shared EconomyProject Summary

Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired. It is traditionally written with embossed paper. Braille users can read computer screens and other electronic supports using refreshable Braille displays. The requirement of Urdu to Braille converter is increasing day by day. English Braille converter is available but have a need of Urdu Braille converter in blind community in Pakistan, instead that Urdu basic Braille converter is available but not efficient and Grade II (contracted Braille) is not available in Urdu. Looking forward to these issues, we are trying to develop this software “Urdu to Braille Editor” that support grade I and grade II Braille. The software will be provided as a service to the blind organizations.

Project Objectives

Every country try to improve its cultural and economic values and support their all communities. In consideration of this factor we trying to support our country by developing Urdu to Braille Editor (UBE) which will provide meaningful support to the blind community.

The Urdu to Braille Editor will meet the following objective:

• The initial objective is to include Urdu basic Braille (Grade I) in UBE.
• Further expand Urdu basic Braille (grade I) to contracted Urdu Braille (grade II).
• The Urdu content document will print by normal printer and Braille content document will be printed by Braille printer.

Project Implementation Method

Waterfall is one of the simpler strategies to implement and is ideal for short, uncomplicated projects. This strategy is linear and sequential—simply list tasks sequentially and check them off as you go. A task cannot be initiated until the previous one is complete, and you cannot return to a previous task. (Done is done.) For the Waterfall project management methodology to be successful, tasks must include every step that needs be accomplished and arranged in a logical, chronological order. We follow waterfall model to accomplish Urdu Braille Editor.

Benefits of the Project

The project contains several benefits.

• It extend the extension problem of inpage software that UBE is support all kind of Urdu extension without changing the format of that document.
• It encompass the punctuation issue of Duxbury.
• It include the Urdu contracted and un-contracted Braille.
• We provide Android application for sighted people to learn Braille.
• It help the blind organization for printing their Urdu Braille Books.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable Deliverable 1:

Editor: Editor is like simple word editor but in this editor we write Urdu.

Deliverable 2:

Include Urdu and Braille in editor: First the editor is developed then we include Urdu and Braille in the Editor and Support the editor by NVDA software that read Urdu so the blind people could easily understand what they are typing in the editor.

  Deliverable 3:

Conversion of Urdu to Grade I Braille: In this module we convert the Urdu sentences to grade I Braille.

Grade I (Basic Braille):

In the first of the grades of Braille, grade I, each possible arrangement of dots within a cell represents only one letter, number, punctuation sign, or special Braille composition sign - it is a one-to-one conversion. Individual cells cannot represent words or abbreviations in this grade of Braille. Because of this grade's inability to shorten words, books and other documents produced in grade 1 Braille are bulkier and larger than normally printed text. Grade I Braille is typically used only by those who are new to learning the grades of Braille, but as of the early 2000s a new movement was in place among elementary school teachers of Braille to introduce children with sight difficulties to grade 2 Braille immediately after teaching the basics of grade I Braille.

Deliverable 4:

Conversion of Urdu to Grade II Braille: In this module we convert the Urdu sentences to grade II Braille

Grade II (Contracted Braille):

Grade II braille was introduced as a space-saving alternative to grade I Braille. In grade II Braille, a cell can represent a shortened form of a word. Many cell combinations have been created to represent common words, making this the most popular of the grades of Braille. There are part-word contractions, which often stand in for common suffixes or prefixes, and whole-word contractions, in which a single cell represents an entire commonly used word. Words may be abbreviated by using a single letter to represent the entire word, using a special symbol to precede either the first or last letter of the word while truncating the rest of the word, using a double-letter contraction such as "bb" or "cc", or removing most or all of the vowels in a word in order to shorten it. A complex system of styles, rules, and usage has been developed for this grade of Braille.

Final Deliverable of the Project Software SystemType of Industry Education , Medical , Health Technologies OthersSustainable Development Goals Quality Education, Gender EqualityRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	70000
Embosser Printer	Equipment	1	70000	70000