VOICE OPERATED WHEEL CHAIR

Jayesh K. Kokate, A. M. Agarkar

Abstract: This paper presents the voice operated wheel chair for handicapped person which is controlled with the voice command from handicapped person. This chair is battery powered wheel chair with DC motors. Voice command input is taken from android mobile and converted into the text and this text is given to Microcontroller via Bluetooth module to control the operation of DC motors. Also an IR detection system is used to detect the obstacle in the path of wheel chair and to avoid the collision of wheel chair. This chair makes handicapped person independent for movement purpose.

Keywords: Voice operated, Wheel chair, WHO, Disability, Android Mobile, Bluetooth Module, IR Module, PIC 16F877, DC motors

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0302047