{"id":12109,"date":"2015-03-05T08:31:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T08:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12109"},"modified":"2015-03-05T08:37:38","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T08:37:38","slug":"raspberry-pi-television-schedule-helper-for-the-visually-impaired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12109","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi television schedule helper for the visually impaired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/eva.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/eva.jpg?resize=560%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"eva\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/eva.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/eva.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">Hackaday.io user Chewable Drapery (Dean Walker)&#8217;s\u00a0grandfather-in-law is 92 and is gradually losing his sight. In particular, he has real problems reading the on-screen television guide. So, Chewable has constructed a box and a controller, called EVA, using a Raspberry Pi that downloads the TV schedule from an internet API and then reads it aloud via Google Translate. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/hackaday.io\/project\/4514-eva-electronic-voice-assistant\" target=\"_blank\">read how he did it here<\/a>\u00a0and see a video walk-around of the project below:<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ocwmer5dliU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackaday.io user Chewable Drapery (Dean Walker)&#8217;s\u00a0grandfather-in-law is 92 and is gradually losing his sight. In particular, he has real problems reading the on-screen television guide. 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