R&D of Mongol Dip

Mongol Dip is a software for visually impaired people to operate windows operating system for doing computational work. In this software text to speech technology would be used to echo every operation done by the user. This software will assist people to move through the disk spaces and open documents, rich media files as well as working with these files. Using Mongol Dip people with visual impairments will be able to create or modify documents, sending/receiving e-mails and accessing websites very simply using short cut key combinations.

Mongol Dip software will be able to read out the contents of the different documents both in Bangla and English language. For Bangla content text to speech software “Subachan”, developed by Dept. of CSE, SUST will be integrated with Mongol Dip. For English content Microsoft Speech API will be integrated with Mongol Dip. Hence the main significance of the proposed research for the development of Mongol Dip can be given as follows:

• To develop software for the visually impaired people for using computer.

• To ensure the access of visually impaired people in the field of ICT.

• To provide ICT assistant academic facilities to the visually impaired children.

• To transfer visually impaired population into productive knowledgeable manpower.

The main objectives of the Mongol Dip are :

• Ensuring the access of visually impaired people in the field of ICT.

• Providing audio assistance for every operation done by the user.

• Providing audio assistance for two languages: Bangla and English.

• Providing special browser for managing files and folders easily.

• Reading out the contents of any document like text, doc, pdf etc.

• Enabling visually impaired people to edit any type of text document.

• Providing short cut key combinations to access programs easily.

• Install and uninstall any kind of software on the Windows

• Sending and receiving email using customized module.

• Browsing Internet using Mozilla Firefox browser.

• Providing compatibility for both desktop and laptop computer.