Development of a Bangla Character Recognition (BCR) System for Generation of Bengali Text from Braille Notation
Santanu Halder1, Abul Hasnat2, Amina Khatun3, Debotosh Bhattacharjee4, Mita Nasipuri5
1Dr. Santanu Halder, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Government College of Engineering Textile Technology, Berhampore (West Bengal), India.
2Mr. Abul Hasnat, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Government College of Engineering Textile Technology, Berhampore (West Bengal), India.
3Ms. Amina Khatun, M.Tech, Student, Jadavpur University, (West Bengal), India.
4Dr. Debotosh Bhattacharjee, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (West Bengal), India.
5Dr. M. Nasipuri, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (West Bengal), India.
Manuscript received on 11 June 2013 | Revised Manuscript received on 17 June 2013 | Manuscript Published on 30 June 2013 | PP: 5-10 | Volume-3 Issue-1, June 2013 | Retrieval Number: A0868063113/13©BEIESP
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Abstract: This paper presents a novel Bangla Character Recognition (BCR) system which converts a Braille Document into Bengali text which is not attempted in research work so far. The system is capable of doing the extraction of Braille Characters from a Braille document followed by decoding them into Bengali characters and then the decoded Bengali characters are normalized to Bengali text which is in human-understandable form. This system can be very useful for the blind communities and the associated persons who want to know the Braille system through Bengali language. The proposed methodology has been tested on the Braille documents collected from the Jhunka Pratibondhi Aloke Niketan, West Bengal.
Keywords: Braille Cell, Braille Notation and Bengali Character, Decoding, Normalization, Bengali Text.
Scope of the Article: Pattern Recognition