2ea27259-48b2-4ddd-bd4f-a3c27447cd7c20210125121320296wseamdt@crossref.orgMDT DepositWSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT1790-507910.37394/232015http://wseas.org/wseas/cms.action?id=4031212202021220201610.37394/232015.2020.16http://wseas.org/wseas/cms.action?id=23189Low Cost Electronic BraillerZaynabZeineddineCCE Department, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL), Wardanyeh, LEBANONSamarSindianCCE Department, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL), Wardanyeh, LEBANONNourAl Hoda AhmadCCE Department, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL), Wardanyeh, LEBANONGeorgeIsmailCCE Department, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL), Wardanyeh, LEBANONThe majority of blind or visually impaired students in the third world countries are still using the mechanical brailler for their education. With technology advancements and electronic communication, relying on paper-based brailler would not be efficient nor productive. The "LCE Brailler" is a low-cost electronic brailler whose main features are to vocalize, braille, save and convert Braille characters typed by a blind student to alphabetical ones, which are then displayed on a computer’s monitor. In order to promote an interactive educational experience among students, teachers and parents, the proposed brailler has an affordable low price with advanced capabilities. The device’s design is simplistic and its keyboard is familiar to the blind user. It is based on the raspberry pi technology. The LCE device was tested by visually impaired students and proved to provide accurate mechanical functionality, accuracy, braille-to-text and text-to-audio blind assistant with a userfriendly graphical user interface.12920201292020811819https://www.wseas.org/multimedia/journals/environment/2020/b725115-005.pdf10.37394/232015.2020.16.84https://www.wseas.org/multimedia/journals/environment/2020/b725115-005.pdfSilvio P. Marioƫ, Word Health Organization, "GLOBAL DATA ON VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS," Geneva, Switzerland., 2010."History of braille," Brailleworks, [Online]. Available: https://brailleworks.com/braille-resources/history-of-braille/."Foreign language braille," Braillebug, [Online]. Available: http://braillebug.afb.org/foreign_language_braille.asp."Perkins Brailler," Perkins , [Online]. Available: https://www.perkins.org/services/perkins-brailler."The Next Generation Perkins Brailler," Nattiq Technologies, [Online]. Available: http://www.nattiq.com/en/node/1277."Welcome to Quantum," Quantum, [Online]. Available: https://www.quantumrlv.com.au/"Jot A Dot Pocket Brailler," AbleData, [Online]. Available: https://abledata.acl.gov/product/jot-dot-pocket-brailler"Tatrapoint," Quantumrlv, [Online]. Available: https://www.quantumrlv.com.au/tatrapoint.html."Perkins Electric Brailler," Maxiaids, [Online]. Available: https://www.maxiaids.com/perkins-electric-brailler"Smart Brailler," Perkins, [Online]. Available: https://www.perkins.org/services/smart-brailler"Mountbatten," Mountbatten, [Online]. Available: http://mountbattenbrailler.com/mountbatten/."eBrailler Cosmo," [Online]. Available: http://www.ebrailler.com/ebrailler-cosmo/.Iain Murray,C. Moore, "An electronic design of a low cost Braille typewriter," 2001.D. &. P. S. &. B. Evans, "A modified Perkins Brailler for text entry into windows applications.," 2002A. K. a. R. D. Kaustubh Bawdekar, "Text To Braille Converter, International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering and Technology, 7(4), pp. 54–61.," 2016.M. M. Burhan and S. F. Toha, "THE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE OF E-BRAILLE," ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, vol. 11, no. 6, MARCH 2016.10.14419/ijet.v7i2.8.10334L. &. E. S. &. S. C. &. R. Prabha, "Low cost real time braille keypad for communication." International Journal of Engineering & Technology, Ganga, 2018.10.1007/978-1-4842-5571-1_1"What is a Raspberry Pi?," Raspberry Pi Foundation, [Online].Available: https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/what-%20is-a-raspberry-pi/.