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Design and development of prescription reader for pharmacists
J. Rajeswari, D. Aiswariyadevi,
Published in International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
2016
Volume: 8
   
Issue: 3
Pages: 16207 - 16213
Abstract
Objective: To design and develop the reader for recognizing the scribbled prescription for pharmacists. The scribbled instructions available in the prescription are made available in audio mode for pharmacists to make them for fast delivery of medicines. Methods: This paper explained about the text recognizing method by using speech rate conversion (SRC) algorithm technique which can be used for an adaptive speech rate process. The prescription reader was developed and tested both in a hard ware environment and an Android development environment. The Android application was implemented using basic 4 Android tools and hardware environment included ARM Processor,Speak jet,and Text-to-speech(TTS) integrated circuits. This method was simulated previously by Proteus software. Visual Basic tool supports audio in simulation using Virtual Serial Port(VSP) Emulator. The speech and pitch rate were set between 2.0 and 5.0. This application was associated with media book player (PDF player) and it plays a vibrant role in pharmacy prescription. Result and Conclusion: In simulation environment,text content was loaded into the virtual terminal; the output had resulted in an audio form through visual basic. In a hardware environment the same content was tested and resulted in audio form via loud speaker. In an Android application,the input text was converted into audio format. Hence this Android application method would be helpful for pharmacists to recognize the scribbled medical prescriptions easily. In addition,this proposed system would act as a supportive device for visually impaired people. © 2016,International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. All rights reserved.
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JournalInternational Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
PublisherInternational Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
ISSN0975766X