Milestone 1
Customers
People who are vocally or auditorily impaired that rely on translation or transcription services
Family or friends of people who are vocally or auditorily impaired that wish to speak to the person with ease
Corporations or enterprises that would like to expand the accessibility of their communication platform to accommodate people who are vocally or auditorily impaired (e.g., Zoom may be interested in integrating our software with theirs so ASL signers can video call, fast food enterprises could integrate our software with their drive-thru devices such that ASL signers can sign on camera to order food)
Educational institutions that would like to ease the communication and assimilation of students who are auditorily impaired
Deaf Schools
Hospitals/medical care facilities
TV or video media companies
Translation apps that already exist to add this to their languages
Needs
As a person who is auditorily impaired or is a friend or family member, having an easy way to communicate
Having the autonomy to communicate whenever/wherever a person needs without being tied to an on-call translation service
Having the independence to be able to communicate without the need of a third party
A way to do speech-to-text independently as a way to more efficiently write
Need a way to be able to use speech and communication required activities/applications
A way to communicate in an emergency
Requirements
Our product shall have...
Simple and intuitive user interface
English captions that appear real-time
Precise hand and motion tracking that accurately captures ASL words or phrases
Smart hand coordinate to English word mapping library
Software is standalone and can be operated by anyone
Simple and effective instructions for use
A way for the person to sign and the computer use a text to speech attribute to be able to relay what they're signing to who they are speaking to
Reusability so that it can be implemented across several different applications across the tech industry
