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IFSA: an integrated framework for developing IoT linked mobile applications for specially abled people

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The advancement of technology is making it difficult for visually impaired people to obtain the most up-to-date and sophisticated phones. The Internet of Things has the potential to improve social interaction for visually challenged people. Hardware devices are constantly being equipped with various electronic sensors for collecting real-time data. However, specially-abled people need an integrated system to access the features of mobile applications and external hardware kits on one platform. Therefore, an integrated framework for the specially-abled is developed. IoT has the potential to improve social integration for people with visual defects. This research is an attempt to design a framework for developing a mobile application using IoT to provide secure and integrated services to the visually impaired people. The findings of the study revealed that the designed framework will help in developing various wireless embedded systems using mobile phones. Furthermore, key features of the designed framework are also highlighted and compared with other frameworks.

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Acknowledgements

A sincere gratitude to THE ALMIGHTY for giving the strength, the knowledge, the ability and the opportunity to undertake and complete this research work. Authors would like to acknowledge Sh. Jagannath Singh Jayara, Principal, Institute of blind, Sector 26, Chandigarh and Dr. Inderjit Kaur, President, All India Pingalwara Charitable Society, Sri Amritsar Sahib for providing the user perspective in requirement analysis, design and testing of the designed framework and developed mobile application. There is a heartily thanks to Maulana Azad Fellowship Scheme (MANF) for providing fellowships to pursue Ph.D.

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  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, B.B.S.B. Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, 140407, India

    Kanwalvir Singh Dhindsa

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Kaur, S., Dhindsa, K.S. IFSA: an integrated framework for developing IoT linked mobile applications for specially abled people. Wireless Netw 28, 1375–1388 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-022-02905-1

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