Wow! Great! On 9/18/14, Prashant Naik <pran...@gmail.com> wrote: > News info on Automated Chess Board > > Mumbai college designs tech-savvy chessboard for the blind > > Watch a 6 minutes video *www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuFVDBDH0ys* > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuFVDBDH0ys> > > The innovation centre at Somaiya College, Mumbai has designed a chessboard > that is tailor-made for the sightless, with Braille inscription on chess > pieces, voice feedback of every move played, and textural > > The specially designed board comes with Braille inscription on chess > pieces, voice feedback of every move played, and textural differences > between black and white boxes, amongst other features. > > “There are already board games available in the market that can be used by > the visually-impaired, but our board game involves technology that allows > one to play the game online as well as on a physical board; the board > automatically plays the moves depending on the keys pressed,” said Gaurang > Shetty, head of the innovation centre. > > The project was introduced by Shetty two years ago, and was completed only > this year, with the help of three college students. “The existing board > games in the market for the visually impaired are incomplete. So, we have > collaborated with the National Association for the Blind (NAB) for their > inputs while launching this board game,” he said, and added that the group > has filed for patenting their work. > > Called Automated Chess (AC), the board game can be used for a single-player > game or a game with two players. “AC also provides the player with a > Graphical User Interface (GUI) over the Internet, so one person can play > over GUI sitting in any corner of the world, while the other plays on the > physical chess board,” added Shetty. > > The board consists of a 64-key membrane keypad. At the heart of the project > is Arduino, an open source electronics platform based on easy-to-use > hardware. It is used to transfer signals from the board to the computer. > > The chessboard is designed to facilitate the other senses of the player. “A > voice feedback is provided to the player. The chess pieces are inscribed > with Braille and there are textural differences between the black and white > boxes, making them easy to use for players. Users will find it easier to > not only play the game, but will also understand the other person’s moves > in the game better,” added Shetty. > > This team had applied to the Maker Faire in Rome, and have recently been > invited by the organisers to showcase the board in Rome next month. The > Maker Faire Rome is a festival of invention and creativity, in which > projects from across the globe are showcased. > > “While the project is ready, we are also trying to incorporate other > features to this chess board for even better results,” Shetty signed off. > > visit http://chess.riidl.org/ and email to *chesst...@riidl.org* > <chesst...@riidl.org> for more info. > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. >
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