Problem Statement

Tackling the dependence of a visually impaired person travelling on a long distance train.

VisualBasic

Listen. Record. Inform

Simply put, a portable hardware unit that :

• Recognizes hand gestures and responds with relevant information and assistance
• Provides a braille compatible medium of communication

• One finger to know train status(delay,next station name, estimated time remaining,current location)

RAISE

• Two fingers to check restroom vacancy

• Three fingers to check the current time

• Four fingers to initiate bluetooth broadcast beacon

• Five fingers to  call for assistance

*goes to sleep after 30 seconds of inactivity and can be woken up by moving your hands left to right

• Send messages by using the 6 button Braille input panel

•  In case human help is needed,simply shake the device twice and possible volunteers are informed with a special app.

• Starts at Rs. 799

• Primarily targeting patients with partial or complete visual impairment. 
• India has approximately 15 Million visually impaired patients.
• Can also be utilized by elderly and people with other disabilities.  

Business Model

Mobility Distribution of

Visually Impaired People

Age distribution of mobile 

visually impaired people

60%

www.github.com/namitjuneja/wehack2015

Repos available at 

Nikhil Kamoji (Hardware)

Namit Juneja (Software)

Team