Design and construction of a device for facilitating the learning of Braille literacy system

(Eng) This paper describes the design and implementation of a mechatronic device to facilitate learning of Braille literacy system, aimed primarily at children between 4 and 8 years, taking into account physical and functional aspects that guarantee comfort, motivation, permanence and accessibility Braille language. The device communicates wirelessly with a computer and it is integrated with software that serves as a tutor, telling the user that the character is being studied by an audible signal, evaluating what he writes emitting a sound of right or wrong and showing on the monitor for support staff / teacher supervises learning. The functionality of the equipment was validated visually impaired children.

• Autores: Duarte Barón, Katherin; Pabón, Julieth X.; Claros, Reynaldo; Gil, Jhon J.
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2016
• Institución: Universidad del Valle
• Repositorio: Repositorio Digital Univalle
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.univalle.edu.co:10893/18394
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10893/18394
• Palabra clave: Aprendizaje autónomo; Dispositivo mecatrónico; Enseñanza braille; Software tutor; Autonomous learning; Mechatronic device; Teaching braille; Tutor software
• Rights: closedAccess
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb