Barcode Scanner for Visually Impaired: A Review

Abstract

This paper has the goal of creating an application that will improve the daily life of visually impaired shoppers or users in general by assisting them with text-to-speech and audio cues. For a visually impaired (VI) person, shopping itself is a monumental task. They also face social scrutiny from the masses that may not understand their plights and consider them an inconvenience. This may lead to a negative impact on a visually impaired person. This application can also be used by shops/companies for assisting a visually impaired employee working at the transaction counter doing check-out of products. So, this application is beneficial for the visually impaired person on both sides of the transaction, as a shopper or as an employee who processes the transaction. This application has a framework for barcode detection and extraction of information related to the product.