NaviSpeech Presentation 2008 by Akos Viktoriusz

Concept description: NaviSpeech: a GPS based navigation software for blind and visually impaired users Route planning and guidance using Text-To-Speech (TTS) software Ability to connect to a GPS receiver unit via Bluetooth Easy route planning via text editor or the Internet Supporting placemark based navigation: numerous trip files can be uploaded to the smartphone in the same time More than 6000 lines of program code in Symbian C++ NaviSpeech - Presentation

2008 by Akos Viktoriusz What is innovative: Navigation for blind and visually impaired people: blind people have special needs, NaviSpeech provides accurate voice feedback to guide them on their journeys Reading real-time generated sentences using a TTS software instead of recorded voice database in advance : it always needs constant space (app. 1.5Mbyte for Hungarian) Scaleable display properties: font size and color profiles (font and background color combinations) improve usability for visually impaired people: change preferred profiles to see the display better NaviSpeech - Presentation

2008 by Akos Viktoriusz Status & Deployment: Collaborating with blind people: they are testing NaviSpeech and give advice to make it better Route planning via Internet: access Internet from the smartphone and have the itinerary made by a route planning software and download the trip file to the phone Developing a route recording function: enable to create routes by the user without Internet access from the smartphone Increasing quality of navigation: researching and implementing algorithms to hide errors of GPS positioning NaviSpeech - Presentation