COLOR EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

摘要

The color education system for the visually impaired is a battery-powered device including a console (100) having a plurality of color identification rectangular members (107) mounted on the top platform (138), each of the rectangular members (107) being formed of a unique color and having a corresponding touchpad sensor (402) mounted thereon. The touchpad sensor (402) has a Braille inscription (111) mounted thereon spelling the color of the rectangular member (107) in Braille. The touchpad sensors (402) are connected to a processor (404) that identifies which touchpad (402) has been touched by a user. A voice synthesizer (400) connected to the processor (404) is programmed to announce the color associated with the touchpad sensor (402) touched. A speaker (206) or headset is connected to the audio output of the voice synthesizer (400), thus allowing the user to hear the announced color. Each rectangular member (107) also has a well (105) defined therein, and a vial (202) containing a pigment dye (204) of the corresponding color disposed in the well (105).