Schoolgirl from Lviv will present in New York a unique invention for the blind

16-year-old inventor from Ukraine, Sofia Petrishin, will go to the International Olympiad of geniuses in the United States. A schoolgirl will introduce a device in New York that converts digital information into Braille for the blind.

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The girl studies in the 11 class of the lyceum school and is engaged in the computer science section of the Lviv Regional Small Academy of Sciences, reports zahid.net.

Sophia Petrishin said that her invention is focused on facilitating the socialization of blind people. With him, she has already won in the All-Ukrainian competition, and in the summer she will try to get world recognition.

“I wanted to write some kind of scientific work so that it would be useful to society and so that it would be interesting to me. Nowadays there are a lot of books that are printed in Braille, and a lot of paper and money are spent on this. There is also a lot of literature that is inaccessible to the blind. Therefore, I paid attention to how information technology is developing, information is distributed through a computer - and this can be used. I decided that it would be convenient and beneficial for the blind to read information from a computer using some kind of device,” says Sofia.

The girl said that in the world there are analogues of her invention, but they cost from 2 to 5 thousands of dollars and are actually inaccessible to Ukrainians. That is why since September last year the schoolgirl began to work on her project.

Among other things, the invention of the Lviv schoolgirl will also help the blind to simplify operations with ATMs.

Photo: educational portal of Lviv

“Currently blind people can pay at ATMs only with the help of another person. So I designed this device so that it can read data from an SD card and translate it one character at a time into Braille. I think it would be cool for the blind to use it not only at ATMs, but also for reading in general,” says the inventor.

The Olympics of Geniuses in New York is one of the most prestigious competitions for schoolchildren and school graduates from all over the world. The winners are given the opportunity to receive higher education in the USA and a monthly stipend. Before entering this Olympiad, Sofia Petryshyn won the all-Ukrainian competition “Intel-Techno Ukraine”.

“The competition in the USA is a very big achievement for me. I have always dreamed of going to an international competition, especially in America, where there is a very good climate for development and many opportunities open up,” says Sofia Petryshyn.

The inventor does not plan to stop there, and has now begun work on a new project.

Olympiad of geniuses will be held in New York on June 11-16.

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