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In this paper, IT-based solution was proposed an assistance tool for blind users to enable them to deal with their daily activities while supporting their privacy. This solution is based on the friend-sourcing concept through the integration between the capabilities of both the smartphone and the social networking website (Twitter). The proposed solution not only supports the English but also the both Arabic language which is highly needed for the Arabic world. The first stage of this solution (capturing and saving the video by the blind user) was implemented and evaluated through a field study consisting of a number of blind users who were happy with the idea and found the current stage of the prototype easy of use.
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Abdrabo, D.A., Gaber, T., Wahied, M. (2016). Assistive Technology Solution for Blind Users Based on Friendsourcing. In: Gaber, T., Hassanien, A., El-Bendary, N., Dey, N. (eds) The 1st International Conference on Advanced Intelligent System and Informatics (AISI2015), November 28-30, 2015, Beni Suef, Egypt. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 407. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26690-9_37
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