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Visual Gesture-Based Character Recognition Systems for Design of Assistive Technologies for People With Special Necessities

Visual Gesture-Based Character Recognition Systems for Design of Assistive Technologies for People With Special Necessities
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Author(s): Ananya Choudhury (Gauhati University, India)and Kandarpa Kumar Sarma (Gauhati University, India)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 22
Source title: Handmade Teaching Materials for Students With Disabilities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Shigeru Ikuta (Otsuma Women's University, Japan)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6240-5.ch013

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Abstract

In the present scenario, around 15% of the world's population experience some form of disability. So, there has been an enormous increase in the demand for assistive techniques for overcoming the restraints faced by people with physical impairments. More recently, gesture-based character recognition (GBCR) has emerged as an assistive tool of immense importance, especially for facilitating the needs of persons with special necessities. Such GBCR systems serve as a powerful mediator for communication among people having hearing and speech impairments. They can also serve as a rehabilitative aid for people with motor disabilities who cannot write with pen on paper, or face difficulty in using common human-machine interactive (HMI) devices. This chapter provides a glimpse of disability prevalence around the globe and particularly in India, emphasizes the importance of learning-based GBCR systems in practical education of differently-abled children, and highlights the novel research contributions made in this field.

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