In Thailand, there are about 600,000 blind people. In other words, about 1% of the Thai population is blind. Most of the blind have less opportunities to learn new things because they cannot see. So, it is hard for them to read books unlike other people, and it is harder for them to learn unlike people who can see. Although there are some applications for smartphones that can help the blind access books, not all blind people have smartphones. For these reasons, we want to help blind people by creating a website that helps them access many kinds of books. “Blindary” is going to help blind people access audiobooks and short stories. We have separated the project into two parts. One part is audiobook production, and the other part is audiobook playback. Both parts are going to be developed by separate teams. Our group will focus on the audiobook playback. Meanwhile, the other group will focus on audiobook production. In Blindary audiobook playback, the website was designed for accessibility support and use natural language processing(NLP) that can help the blind use the website easily. We use the service from wit.ai that help blind user to interact with the website.

Chonlameth Arpnikanondt