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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