Problem

&

Solution

Daniyal Hasan

@Archtechzone

Scanning movements

User Persona

Research

"Sign Connect

Design

For Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet.

Bridging Worlds through Signs"

Qualitative and Quantitative Research

Our goal of Sign Language Avatar is to help the hearing-impaired to feel more involved in an online meeting. The audiences only need to click the tab "Plugin" in Teams meeting, and install this Sign Language Avatar in any platform. They will get a real-time avatar to translate what speaker delivers to sign language.

societal Value:

Diversity and inclusion for Hearing-impaired

Accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing.

Here we are to solve the issue!

Let's be more inclusive and diverse!
No more Barriers!

The Goal

Insights from user research

What challenge do we solve?

Lacks inclusion for deaf and hard of hearing
Takes time to read real-time text during the meeting
Costs labor to recruit the Interpreters Costs time to recruit the Interpreters.

Benifits"…,

Accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing
benefit from sign-language to engage in the meeting timely
No cost with this Sign-language Avatar
Sign-language Avatar is always available for meeting users

User Persona

Name: Summer

Age: 30

Occupation: Software Engineer

Hearing impairment: Severe

Background:

Summer is a software engineer at a tech company. he is bright and talented, but he has a severe hearing impairment. summer feels frustrated and discouraged. he wants to be able to participate fully in his work and be a valuable member of his team.

Challenges Summer faces:

It is difficult for him to understand what is being said in online meetings.
he often misses important information.
he feels isolated from his team.
Real-time captioning is not always accurate, and it can be difficult to keep up with.
Having a colleague take notes for him is not ideal, as it takes away from the colleague's ability to participate in the meeting.

Needs:

A technology that will allow him to attend online meetings without any difficulty.
A way to participate fully in his work and be a valuable member of his team.

Name: Sahil

Age: 42

Occupation: Accountant

Verbal impairment: Stuttering

Background:

Sahil is an accountant at a small firm. He is intelligent and skilled at his job, but he has a severe stuttering problem. This makes it difficult for him to participate in online meetings. He often feels self-conscious and embarrassed when he speaks, and he worries about making mistakes.

Challenges John faces:

It is difficult for him to speak in online meetings due to his stuttering.
He often feels self-conscious and embarrassed when he speaks.
He worries about making mistakes.
He finds it difficult to keep up with the conversation using chat features.
He feels uncomfortable having a colleague speak on his behalf.

Needs:

A technology that will allow him to participate in online meetings without having to speak.
A way to contribute his ideas and expertise without feeling self-conscious or embarrassed.

Creating a sign language Plugin for hearing-impaired people in online meetings can greatly enhance their communication and participation. Here's an outline for the plugin's features and functionalities:

Sign Language Interpreter: built-in sign language interpreter that can convert spoken language into sign language in real-time.

This web-based app detects and interprets sign languages into English words in real-time in order to help speech-impaired individuals communicate with others more easily.