IT&C System Solution for Visually Impaired Romanian Teenagers

Abstract

The system presented in this paper is mainly aimed for improving the quality of education. It is intended to help people with visual, reading–writing disabilities, learning disabilities, and moderate autism spectrum disorders. The system would assist them in social integration as it is well known that such people are isolated and hence other health problems arise over time. In Romania, there is high speed and fast Internet connection, enabling user’s access from almost any place of the country. This represents the background for access to education that could start with discovering the keyboard with voice assistance, browse the Internet with voice assistance, also they could learn to use different voice-assisted programs in their native language or choose any other language, thus opening new horizons for education, knowledge, and information. The solution is based on the Vinux-GNU/Linux operating system, which has undergone multiple adaptations, designed to facilitate user access to information even when it has an older generation computer, so no new financial investments are needed.