EVM FOR BLINDS: A NOVEL EMBEDDED DESIGN

Palak Gupta, Sona Sharma, K.K. Singh

Abstract: Electronic Voting Machine for Blinds is a boon for the blind population for casting their vote without the presence of their helper/caretakers. It would provide the confidentiality of their vote. We have used the fingerprint identification method. Here, voters thumb impressions are used for identifying the voters. Once he has casted the vote and is authenticated the details of the person will be displayed on the LCD. If it does not match then the voter will not be permitted to vote. We have used symbols which has Braille format (a language for blinds). The blinds can figure out various parties represented by their symbols placed next to the buttons and can cast vote themselves by pressing the button with respect to the party of his/her choice. On pressing the button, the sound of buzzer can be heard which confirms the blind person that his vote has been casted. After all the votes have been casted, the authorized person will press the button and touch the RF card to RF module to access the total number of counts and the winner on LCD in a secured manner. This technique is beneficial as the same Braille symbolic representation can easily be read by normal population in the form of symbols.

Keywords: Finger Printing, RFID Module, Microcontroller, Sixth Sense Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2015.0422008