mahmoudmabrok / qamous-1

Qamous (to remove the border between us and the deaf) It is an offline mobile application that works as a dictionary to translate from sign language to natural language (Arabic, English) and vice versa.

Qamous

Qamous (to remove the border between us and the deaf) It is an offline mobile application that works as a dictionary to translate from sign language to natural language (Arabic, English) and vice versa.

#The main problem that we are solving? The Deaf and Mute people, Their world may seem silent but it’s lively, the power of learning and knowledge never ceases to resonate. The very first problem is the suppression of ‘Deaf people’ to raise their voices about their academic and social needs. It began in their family and this suppression continues throughout their life in schools, colleges, communities, and workplaces. The reason being hearing perspective of deafness is taken for their education and inclusion in society. To be very specific, some of the challenges are:

1. lack of awareness about diversities among deaf people: It is the reason that we follow ‘fits all’ approach to render their academic and social needs
2. Lack of job opportunities: Though at present some private firms are willing to hire deaf people but still there is a long way to go ahead (in terms of provision to accessibility to information, the attitude of hearing staff, etc)
3. Education: Lack of sign language interpreters and teachers who now sign language
4. Inaccessibility to information in public offices and private firms because most of the information is available in verbal mode.
5. Lack of caption or subtitles in TV serials, news (again a barrier to access media)

#The importance of this problem? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 466 million people across the world have disabling hearing loss (over 5% of the world’s population), of whom 34 million are children. Statistics released by the United Nations also indicate that, in Egypt alone, 7.5 million people suffer from deafness or hearing impairment. Studies expect these numbers to rise to 900 million by 2050.

#The current solutions? The current solution is sign language is a language like any other globally recognized language. It is a non-verbal means of communication used by the deaf and mute to communicate amongst each other and with others. It allows people to express themselves and understand each other without speaking. But, there are a lot of difficulties to learn this language, moreover why normal people learn sign language?

#How will our solution solve the problem? What is new? Qamous (to remove the border between us and the deaf) It is an offline mobile application that works as a dictionary to translate from sign language to natural language (Arabic, English) and vice versa.