Software to help blind people learn science

This student’s invention consists of a graph-deciphering software. The idea for this solution came to him in a calculus class, he said. Tapping into his passion for music, he devised a way to use musical notes to express the up and down slopes of a graph. During his summer break, he wrote the code for the software.

“Through the variation in these musical notes, it tries to give you an idea of how the graph might be laid like,” he explained.

The invention is part of a series of conventions and technologies that Sawhney had to adapt for himself in order to pursue science studies in New Delhi.

His experience pursuing academic challenges has provided him with a deep appreciation for the role technology can play in the lives and education of children with disabilities.

“Whatever I am today, it is all because of technology, the assistive technology I use,” he says.

This realization is one of the reasons Sawhney says he has no plans to commercialize his invention. Instead, he wants it to be open source software available to students everywhere.

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