ACCESSIBLE CHESSBOARD FOR BLIND THAT IS MOUSE AND KEYBOARD FREE

Abstract

This paper describes a design of an interactive chessboard that enables blind players to play comfortably against the computer. It consists of a physical wooden chess game set, depth camera, visible light video camera and a computer with processing software. Each player’s chess move is detected and transferred to the computer. An opponent’s move is spoken aloud using a speech engine so that the player can adjust his chessboard.