[Electronics-talk] help required to sort assistive technology for my friend

[Annette Carr]

Hi Mukesh,

I do not have an exact solution for you, but since I enjoy finding solutions
for unique situations, I did some internet research and found a couple of
resources where you can start looking.  As already mentioned by Brett, it
will probably be necessary to find a scale that interfaces with a computer
or iPhone.  The software that supports the scale would have to be compatible
with a screen reading package like JAWS for Windows7 and Windows8, or the
built-in Voice Over feature on the iPhone and Mac computers.

Rice Lake Weighing Systems appear to offer a wide range of commercial use
scales.  You can find a description of their product categories at URL:
http://www.ricelake.com/categories.aspx?CatID=root

Apple Valley Scale Company  distributes a wide variety of scales for many
different uses.
http://applevalleyscale.clickforward.com/?adid-2E343B92-B097-442c-BFA5-BE371
E0325A2=2277771&kw-2E343B92-B097-442c-BFA5-BE371E0325A2=commercial+weighing+
scales

The use of an iPhone by people who are blind can provide access to many
activities that traditionally require sight to accomplish.  These activities
can include, but are not limited to:

Processing credit card transactions.

Scanning and reading of barcodes to identify products via manufacturer's
barcodes as well as user created barcodes that allow for customized labels.
One such IOS application is Digit-Eyes.

Perform OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on hardcopy printed information
that is read back to the user.  The KNFB reader is one of many options.

Currency recognition can also be performed by the iPhone.  The LookTell app
uses the camera to analyze U.S. paper currency and provide an audible
announcement of the value.  I do not know if there are apps for identifying
the currency used in India.

There are many other solutions that work with the iPhone or computers, as
well as stand-a-lone products such as the PenFriend which is used for
creating labels digitally recorded in the user's own voice.  

HTH,
Annette
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Subject: [Electronics-talk] help required to sort assistive technology for
my friend

Hello,
I have just now joined this group. Hence, would like to first introduce
myself. Then will switch to my query.
I am Mukesh writing this mail from India. I am very much keen to learn about
new technological advancements that contributes to the skills pertaining to
the independent living abilities for the visually impaired. Hence, would
like to learn the same from all of you. I hope that I will have good amount
of sharing on this platform. Now coming back to my question:
 Recently, I met one person who had lost his vision nearly 18 years ago at
the age of 18 while pursuing the first year of graduation. He left his
studies due to sheer depression. He is also suffering from polio with one
leg since childhood which made this depression deeper.

After leaving his studies, he decided to learn the business of his family
with the hope to make his further survival. Due to his true devotion, hard
work and dedication, today he owns one shop dealing in to marketing various
foodstuffs like wheat, rice, oil etc on the wholesale basis. He has hired
the required staff to help him out to perform several duties like handling
customers, dealing with cash transactions, assisting him to commute from one
place to another etc.

Spending such a long period of time in this business, now he would like to
be independent to avoid dependency of anyone in his business as he noticed
that there are several occasions where he had to compromise on few things
like trusting on the information provided by others like weight and
measurement of the goods he is selling to his customers. He already has the
digital weighing machine installed in his shop to measure the goods but this
does not provide him any talking support.

Since he has to measure the items which are packed in one sack like rice,
wheat, etc in the quantities up to 60kgs, what can be the way out to measure
these items independently for him? Are there any such talking weighing
machines available in India or abroad?

I have seen the products like talking bathroom scale and talking kitchen
scale offered by RNIB but does not seems to fulfill his needs as former is
meant to measure the weight of human being and the latter is for measuring
the small items in the kitchen up to 5kgs.

So kindly throw some light on this concern.

Looking forward to hear from you.
thanks,
mukesh

--
Regards,
Mukesh jain
Email:
Mukesh.jain57 at gmail.com
mukeshheerachandjain at ntpc.co.in
Skype: mukeshjain211
Mob: 09977165123
"Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master
you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. "

Helen Keller

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