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Invention, Intellectual Property and Income

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Project Video

Project Slide

Richard Shan - Fab Academy 2024 Final Project

Dissemination

I believe that my final project has the potential to significantly impact the accessibility of printed materials for visually impaired individuals. After Fab Academy, I will also attempt to shave off as much cost as possible from the device's production. The product is licensed under a End User License Agreement, found here.

Future Development

I already have a couple of ideas that I want to implement in the future:

  • Add a button trigger for OCR
  • Power the ESP32CAM through a battery, making it wireless from the rest of the system
  • Design an in-air suspension case for the ESP32CAM to sit above books
  • Replace the Raspberry Pi with the Pico to decrease production cost (lots of difficult re-coding for memory purposes)
  • Modify the AI prompt to be able to describe images and scenes to the visually impaired