International Journal of Innovative Research in Information Security (IJIRIS) ISSN: 2349-7017 Issue 05, Volume 7 (June 2020) www.ijiris.com PHOENIX -THE BLIND LEARNING APPLICATION Nayana N Nair Student, Dept.CSE, ASIET, Kalady, Kerala nayananair108@gmail.com Rugmani Sethuraman Student, Dept. CSE, ASIET, Kalady, Kerala rugmanisethuraman@gmail.com Prof.Raghi R.Menon Assistant Professor, Dept.CSE. ASIET, Kalady, Kerala raghi.cs@adishankara.ac.in Publication History Manuscript Reference No: IJIRIS/RS/Vol.07/Issue05/JNIS10080 Received: 27, May 2020 Accepted: 21, June 2020 Published Online : 25,June 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.26562/ijiris.2020.v0705.001 Citation: Nayana, Rugmani & Prof.Raghi (2020). PHOENIX –The Blind Learning Application. IJIRIS:: International Journal of Innovative Research in Information Security , Volume VII, 48-52.. Peer-review: Double-blind Peer-reviewed Editor: Dr.A.Arul L.S, Chief Editor, IJIRIS, AM Publications, India Copyright: ©2020 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, Which Permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited Abstract: In this proposed work, “Phoenix” the blind app, a learning solution for visually impaired people which makes smart phones also blind friendly. As per our society is concerned, there are many learning solutions for the especially abled citizens, and in case of blinds there are little efforts introduced. Those small efforts taken to provide learning platforms or solutions for visually impaired people require the help of another person. Since blinds are the users of this application, the app concentrates on voice recognition, speech to text conversion and finger touch sense concepts which makes the application easier for the users. As the application runs on the background and it can be opened using speech, it makes the users to be independent. This application enhances the learning via providing audio tutorials on different subjects which can be learned theoretically. The users can communicate with the application through speech. With rapid growth of wireless communication, the need for voice recognition techniques has increased greatly. In the application, controls are provided via voice and touch mechanism. Keywords: Application; learning; phoenix; blind security I. INTRODUCTION The development of multimedia, communication techniques, in the recent years, caused complete replacement of traditional cellular phones by new modernised Smartphone [4]. Which made, making phone calls no longer their main function, large-touch screen Smartphone became more like portable computers, which offer different capabilities like taking pictures with high resolution, filming with a mini-camera, to using the Internet. Smartphone having such features, like a built-in microprocessor, have not become smart enough for the usage of blinds; they do not meet the expectations of blind people because of their limited ability to use them. Latest Smartphone have only a few real buttons (felt by touch) to control volume, lock the screen, switch on and off the phone, so for accessing the other menu or features of the phone we depend on the graphical interface displayed on the touch screen [2]. As the evolution of mobile phones did not turn as a favour for the blind, the older models (with pushbuttons) are still being used by the blind that, unfortunately, miss the wide capabilities the modern telephones offer. With development in modern technologies, mobile devices have grown in such a way that Cell phones have become a necessity in everyone’s life [1]. Many of us use cell phones for learning purposes. But for a visually impaired person this is challenging! Braille is a system of raised dots that people can feel with their fingers and that represent letters and words. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ IJIRIS:: ©2014-20, AM Publications, India - All Rights Reserved Page -1