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    Automated Help Aid for Visually Impaired People using Obstacle Detection and GPS Technology: AKSHI
    (Department of Statistics & Computer Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Kaushalya, V.S.S.; Premarathne, K.D.D.P.; Shadir, H.M.; Krithika, P.; Fernando, S.G.S.
    There is an immense population of the visually impaired people around the globe. The motivation of the system is to help blind people where they can move along without a dependent. Since there were existing on blind stick navigation, Akshi composes some unique features. Such as obstacle detection, Pedestrian crossing identification, voice commands detection, outdoor navigation system and a tracking system with the use of Global Positioning system (GPS), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Android, and Global system for mobile communication (GSM) Technologies. This research has been developed by user friendly and cost- effective manner with the use of open source software and Hardware devices like Raspberry pi circuit, RFID Reader etc. Specially the research is focused on the safety of the visually impaired people and provide interoperable solutions for the problems that they face in their day-to-day life without any hesitation.