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Voice Based Email for Blind
Malavika Arun1 , Meera M Nair2, Nivya Raj3, Svetlana Bright4, and Neenu R5
1-4Student (Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering)
Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, Kerala, India,686518 5 Assistant Professor (Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering) Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, Kerala, India,686518 ***
Abstract - The internet has now become one of the most important tools for everyday life. Every human being uses the internet to gain access to knowledge and information, as well as to communicate. During this modern technological era, there are numerous ways to communicate with others over the internet. Many of them are opting for the most effective mode of communication, which is email correspondence (Email). However, blind persons have difficulty accessing these internets-based resources, as well as using any internet-based service. Audio-based virtual environments, including screen readers and a slew of voice-based search engines, have made it much easier for blind persons to use the internet. This study tries to explain the architecture of a Voice-based mail system that a blind person can use to access emails rapidly and effectively. This research’s contribution has enabled blind persons to send and receive voice-based e-Mail messages with the aid of a computer.
Key Words: Email Assistance for visually challenged, SpeechtoTextConverter,TexttoSpeechConverter.
1. INTRODUCTION
People are becoming increasingly used to digital life and communication as technology advances. In this highly evolvedera,thereareseveralwaystocontact othersover theinternet.Theinternethasbecomethebedrockofmodern society.Themostimportantcomponentofdailylifeisemail, orelectronicmail.Email isa pieceofsoftwarethatallows users to communicate with others by sending emails and aidsincorporatecommunication.
Accordingtoasurvey,therearearound260millionpersons worldwidewhoarevisuallyimpaired.AccesstotheInternet anditsservicesisdifficultforpeoplewithdisabilities.Many ofthemareunabletoaccessandareuninterestedinusing theInternet’sservicesduetotheirinability,andthereisno alternativeoptionforthemtousetheservicesontheirown. Theremedytothisdifficultyistoenlistthehelpofathird party who is not disabled; however, this may not be the greatestoptiontoensuretheuser’sprivacy.Theproposed solutionwascreatedtoeliminatetheneedforathirdparty tosendtheemails.OursystemisbuiltwithSpeech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech technology, allowing the disabled to sendandreceiveemailswithouthavingtoknowkeyboard shortcutsorkeylocations.Wecanaccessouremailsimply byutilizingvoicecommands.
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
Itisproposedin[1]thatitaidsblindindividualsinaccessing email. The existing systemis noteffective forblind people since it does not provide a sound perspective on how its material shouldbe viewed.Speech recognition, interactive voiceresponse,andamouseclickareallusedintheproposed system.Additionally,thedeviceisutilizedtoauthenticatethe userforextrasecurity.Inthesystem,thefirstmodulewillbe registered.Thismodulewillgatherall ofa user’sdata and advisethemofwhatdatayouwill beentering.Thesystem promptstheusertoinputausernameandpasswordinthe second module, the login module. Use voice commands to accomplishthis.
You’llneedadditionaltestsandvoicestoexecutethevoiceof the check. After completing the registration, the user is forwardedtothemailboxpage.Theusermaynowusethe mailsystemnormallyafterloggingin.SystemPreferences:
Email,It’sTrash,HowtoCreateanEmailAccountWiththe useofvoicecommands,theusermayswitchbetweenthem.
In contrast to the present email system, the study [2] suggests a system that is based on a system with a voice command. In essence, the entire system is predicated on turningnumberstowords.Onceactivated,thesystemwill prompttheusertovoiceinstructionsinordertoaccessthe appropriateservices.Itisvitaltodeclarethatthiscommand will function if the user wishes to access the appropriate services. This software makes advantage of the IMAP protocol(InternetMessageAccessProtocol).Anemailuses thisstandardInternetprotocoltosendanemailfromamail serverviaTCP/IP.Fromthestartoftheyear,themajorsort ofactivity,thescreen,willbeexhibitedfirst.Thedevicewill begintohearyourvoiceinstructionsaftertheuserpressesa single button on this screen. It’s a single large button that maybetappedanywhereonthescreen.Afterthat,theuser maysendanemailandreaditusingvoicecommands.In[3], thesystemusesthreemaintechnologies:
–Toconvertthenumbertotext
–Text-to-speech.
–InteractiveVoiceResponse.
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When youvisitthesitefor the first time, it will ask youto register using voice commands. Additionally, after you register,thedatabasewillretaintheuser’saudiodataaswell asaremark.Insuchasystem,theuserwillbegivenauserid andpasswordafterloggingintoreceiveanemail.Theuser interface was created using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 software. The focus of the site isfocused on efficiencyand effectiveness.Thereisalsoa”Contacts”pagewheretheuser maysendanysuggestionsorassistanceifneeded
At the time, [4], one of the E-Systems for the blind was suggested. The Viterbi algorithm and the voice-to-text converter can be used. Thecomputational rule that works with the technology does not determine it to be the most acceptable word; yet, as soon as the user speaks it, it is spoken as your predicted word for a particular word. The personcreatesanaccountonthesite,whichistheirfirstvisit. Someoftheexistingsystem’sdrawbackswillbemitigatedby thissystem.
A strategy for the blind and illiterate to better their engagementwiththeemailsystemispresentedin[5].This techniqueeliminatestheneedforscreenreadersandBraille keyboardswhileutilizingIVRtechnology.Speech-to-textand text-to-speech conversions were utilized there. Voice instructionsarealsoemployedforavarietyofdifferenttasks.
Youridentity,emailaddress,andpasswordcanallbeusedto register.Thisistheabilitytoutilizethefunctionthatinstructs PHPtosendanemail.Thisisthe emaillibraryfromwhich youcansendan email. The IMAPserver is used to get the user’semail.Tofindemailcollectingboxes,theLash-MorrisPratt algorithm is employed. As a result, the system’s environmentisclean,andeachphaseisvoice-controlledbya feedback mechanism. For the blind, a voting mechanism basedonPCsandmobiledeviceswasproposed.Inthenote below,thesearethemostcrucialaspectsdiscoveredinthe system’swork[6].
1.MessagesfromtheGmailsystem(refertothebuyer’semail address).
2.RSS(RealSimpleSyndication)isatypeofnewssyndication thatisveryeasytouse.
3.Let’slistentosomemusictogether.
4.Theredbookandreaderofthesystem
5.Usethebridge’sBrowsertolookforyourdiscsandfolders.
It’sablind-friendlysoftwaredesignthatintegratesemailand MMS messaging features into the operating system. Voice instructionsandamousecanbeusedtocreateagraphical userinterfacedesign,butakeyboardisrequired.RSSfeeds arealsousedinconjunctionwithemailtodisseminatealist of headlines, as well as new product and service announcements.Anapplicationhasalsobeenproducedfor
you.Voicecommandsmaybeusedtoaccessotherprograms inadditiontoemail[6].
To overcome the favorability and convenience of email activities, the authors suggest the Tetra-Entry, a blind friendlyemailclient,in[7].
3. PROPOSED SYSTEM
The voice-based email system project is a web-based programmethatallowsblindindividualstosimplyutilizethe email system.Thesuggestedsystemfocuses ondelivering fundamental features such as email composition, reading, sending, and receiving, as well as voice-based interaction. Thismakesiteasiertousealltheabovefunctions,aswellas theabilitytosendtextandvoice-basedemails.
Thesuggestedsystemwillbeaccessibleviaemailtopersons with low vision and will assist the community. It will be simple for any of the current persons in this system, according to the creators. A thorough application is completelyaccessible,regardlessofwhereitisemployedin humaneyesight,andineffectual.
As a critic of the existing system, they would desire the system’sfeaturestobetheeaseofuseoftraditionalusers, the attention to ease of use by all sorts of people, both traditionalandvisuallyimpaired.Thissystemrequiresthe usertotakesomeactioninordertoutilizetheservices,and iftheuserhasaccesstoseveralservices,thisactivitywillbe required.
Theusermustfirstcompletetheregistrationforminorder to use the programme. The user must be filled out using voicecommandsandalltheappropriatefields,anditwillbe scannedinfromthesite;assoonastheuserspeaks,itwillbe instantly recorded. After the user logs in, the system will promptforanemailidandpassword,convertaudiototext, and then approve the user by validating the database’s credentials.Afterasuccessfulsession,youmayasktheusers in the various parts to record your incoming and sent messages.
Theapplicationiscompletelyvoice-activated,allowingblind people to swiftly send and receive emails. Converts the user’sspokenvoicetotext,thenconvertsthetexttospeech beforeacting.
4. DESIGN OF PROPOSED SYSTEM
4.1 User Interface
Thissectionwillenhancetheuserinterface,orprojectuser interface.Theinitialpointofcontactwithauserthrougha softwareprogrammeisthedesignofawebpagewithwhich heorshemayinteract.Front-endtechnologiesareusedto createtheuserinterface.
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4.2 Database
Becauseitmaintainsallstorage-relateddataandreferences, adatabaseisessentialtoeachproject.Furthermore,itisa database that contains, for the most part, the users, authentication,andenvironmentalprotectionofanyemail user.
As a result, the design and databases will entail the establishmentofanemaildatabase
SendingEmail:Anemailwillhaveaheaderandabodywhen it is forwarded. The shopper and the server queue up a successionofrepliesrequestedmessageswhilesendingan email.Whenthereisanullrow,theheaderwillcease,which ishowthetwodiffer.
The bodyofthe messagecontains the same data that was searched for reception. Each data point in the body is gatheredaftertheonebeforeit.Asaresult,theexactdata searchedforreceptioniscontainedinthemessage’sbody. Eachdataistakenafterthenulllineinthebody.
Fig. 1. ProposedSystemFlowchart
4.3 Design of the system
TheItem-orientedprogrammingmoduleofyourchoosing (Text-to-Speech)andthesingle-unit(SpeechtoText)(how toCreateanEmailAccount).
4.4 Mail Programming Module
Email is the most important service accessible on the Internet today. SMTP is a mechanism for sending email addressestootherusersovertheInternet.Fromtheclient side,POP(postofficeprotocol)andIMAP(Internetmessage accessprotocol)areusedtoreceiveemail,andSMTPisused tosendemail.
Fig. 2. UserLoginandSystemAccessFlowchart
ReceivingEmail:Ataspecifiedtime,theserver’suseragent checksthemailboxes.Ifanydataisfoundwithinthisperiod, theuserisnotifiedinstantly.Additionally,whenauseropens an email, specific information, such as the subject line, is examined.
5. FUTURE SCOPE
Thissystemhasalotofpromiseinthefuture,withalotof improvements; perhaps it was a system that had email access and spam email capabilities in any language. This method may also be improved to transmit an attachment, whichisverybeneficialforpersonswithweakvision.Itmay be made available to all residents in the region, and it is popular and will continue to be offered in different languages;thesystemissimpleandstraightforwardtouse. Inaddition,thesystemmakesuseofsignlanguageandmay beaddedintoittomakeitmorescalableanddependable.
5. CONCLUSION
Theproject’smajorgoalistodevelopemailcommunication for blind individuals using voice commands due to their incapacitytoutilizetheinternetanditsfunctionalities.We weresuccessfulinreceivingunseenmessagesandproviding thesender’s mail Id,topic, andmessageasa voiceoutput. Wesucceededindevelopingtext-to-speechandspeech-totext modules,aswell asimplementing a voiceassistant to
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facilitateeffectivecommunicationbetweentheuserandthe system;itcannotonlyestablishemailconversationbutalso respondtotheuser’sinquiries.Wedesignedaregistration module to make it easier for users to access information whilealsoofferingsomeprotectionandprivacy.
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