DEVELOPMENT OF VOICE CONTROLLED AUTOMATIC PAGE TURNING SYSTEM

Shubham Sachdeva, Vedant Sharma, Pratham Gupta, Tushar Goel, Pradeep Khanna

Abstract: Reading books, magazines, or any other printed material is an inevitable part of our day to day lives. It may form a part of ones hobby, work or leisure to flip through the pages of some material one has to read. Turning the pages of the book might be such a simple task for almost every one of us, that it is never given a thought. But still there are a few people among us who are devoid of such an obvious blessing, to be able to turn the pages on their own. So, for them this might seem to be a task very hard to come by. Therefore, in such a situation, an automatic page turning system could step into the scene and prove to be very beneficial. If a system is able to automatically turn the pages for such avid readers, simply as per their voice command and requirement, then it could be termed as a much needed revolution in this field. This system is based on simple and relatively cheap electronic components such as the Arduino board (UNO version), a Bluetooth module and mechanical components like the Servo motors. Hence, the desire for reading and learning, of such individuals can thereby remain unbounded and unconstrained with the support of this system. An issue that this system addresses is a need for a portable, inexpensive page-turning system that benefits people with limited motor movement and enables them to read bound material.

Keywords: Arduino board (UNO version), Bluetooth module and Servo motor

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2018.0706012