MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621041656 A) filed by Acropolis Institute Of Pharmaceutical Education And Research, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on April 1, for 'tactile-audio educational assistive device for visually impaired users.'
Inventor(s) include Aditya Upadhyay; Danish Patel; Dr. Vikas Kumar Jain; and Mr. Imran Baig.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a tactile-audio education assistive device for visually impaired users. The present invention further relates to a method for providing tactile-audio educational assistance to visually impaired users using said tactile-audio educational assistive device with a smartphone-based application. The proposed device includes a tactile input panel with multiple raised buttons, a microcontroller, a wireless communication unit, a rechargeable power unit, and a smartphone-based application. The device obtained the user input through said raised buttons, and microcontroller transmit the obtained input to the smartphone-based application, through said wireless communication unit with Bluetooth module, wherein the smartphone-based application, by utilizing a text-to-speech engine, plays generated speech output through the smartphone speakers, providing immediate audio feedback to the user. The proposed device enables early-stage braille and language learning through tactile-audio association, and also eliminating the need for complex refreshable braille displays."
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