New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) is conducting an exhibition for the visually challenged. This exhibition is being organized to commemorate the second birth anniversary of Mr. Louis Braille, the inventor of Braille.

Braille typewriter, smart cane, bus identification system, Braille tutor, talking devices such as clock, calculator, weighing machine, thermometer, ruler and other handy items will be displayed during the exhibition.

"The learning kits are also available in Hindi this time. It will be helpful for parents, teachers to teach visually challenged. It has normal Braille and alphabets printed on it," said Mr. Anurag Gupta, Student of Electrical Engineering at IIT-D.

Devices developed by IIT-D students will also be displayed during the exhibition.

"We are also demonstrating a number of embedded assistive devices for visually impaired such as Daisy player and Embosser Heater," added Mr. Gupta.

Embosser Heater is a device used to understand maps and shapes for visually challenged.

Few devices modified by IIT-D students, such as smart cane and bus identification system are ready to hit the market.