Event date:
Mar
2
2021
3:30 pm
Chatbot for Understanding Charts and Graphs for Blinds
Supervisor
Dr. Asim Karim
Dr. Suleman Shahid
Student
Jawad Uddin khan
Venue
Zoom Meetings (Online)
Event
MS Synopsis defense
Abstract
Charts and graphs are a most important technique in data visualization. Graphs and charts summarize large amount of data is small image. An individual can clearly understand key values of data in graphs, at quick glance. However, it is almost impossible for visually impaired person to gather information on their own, they need the support of other human being to interpret the data for them. I developed a chatbot that will act as an assistant for blind and visually impaired person, the chatbot will be able to classify multiple chart types and answer large variety of questions based on graph statistical data analysis. It is a growing need to bridge accessibility gap for blinds in understanding charts and graph, I purposed a more practical solution for this data extraction problem faced by blinds. The chatbot can simulate a conversation with user through messaging app, employing NLP techniques and perform classification of charts feed to bot using deep-learning classifier and computer vision techniques to extract data from graphs. I would conduct a study on several visually impaired persons to measure it performance, error rate and ease of usability.
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