Electronic device and its method for assisting blind people to read

Abstract

The invention provides electronic equipment and a method for assisting a blind person in reading. The method comprises the following steps: whether the electronic equipment enters a blind-person reading introduction mode is judged; when the electronic equipment enters the blind-person reading instruction mode, area partition is carried out on a touch screen; touch operations of the blind person are received; an area of an touch operation by the blind person is determined; when the touch operation is in a first area or second area, current characters displayed in a third area are changed, and when the touch operation is in the third area, current characters displayed in the third area are acquired; the acquired characters are translated into corresponding six-point braille; the translated six-point Braille is encoded into corresponding binary braille; and a vibration unit is controlled to vibrate the electronic equipment based on the encoded binary braille according to a preset rule. A blind person only needs to be familiar with the six-point blind-person reading rule and touch a specific area of the touch screen so as to read corresponding characters in the area and read text messages. The method is simple and convenient.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an electronic device and a method for assisting the blind to read, in particular to a special electronic device with a touch screen for the blind and a method for assisting the blind to read. Background technique [0002] With the development of touch technology, electronic devices with touch screens have become indispensable tools for consumers, such as portable electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers with touch screens. In addition to the voice function of these electronic devices, the most important function is text reading. People can use electronic devices to read news, emails, novels, etc. [0003] Reading text is fine for sighted people, but it can be difficult for blind people who can only read text with sound or after converting it to Braille. Talking text was restricted to the non-deaf blind, and converting the text to Braille required reading with a Braille machine. Contents of the invention ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] Reading text is fine for sighted people, but has difficulty for blind people who can only read text with audio or after converting it to Braille

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