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Blind's Eye: Employing Google Directions API for Outdoor Navigation of Visually Impaired Pedestrians

Keywords: Navigation, Visually Impaired, Braille, Android, Google Directions Application Program,Interface, Arduino.

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 36 ,  Issue 3

SABA FEROZ MEMON , MOHSIN ALI MEMON   , SHEHNILA ZARDARI   , SHAHZAD NIZAMINI   ,

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