Overview

“Kannada” is the official  language of Karnataka State. The capital city “Bangalore/Bengaluru” is cosmopolitan in nature and has become home to a diverse non-kannada speaking population. This population often struggles with the local language.  While there are many good “Kannada” learning apps available in the market, they come with certain limitations:

• In-app purchase models : Loaded with plethora of features, which can overwhelm non-tech savvy individuals. Or it may not be necessary just to manage with spoken Kannada.  

            Ex - 1. Senior citizen group who wants to learn the language just to manage their daily needs. 

                    2. Pre-primary kids who need to get familiar  with the language to make themselves ready for the upcoming compulsory 

                       ‘Kannada’  language subject in the schools.

• Free Apps : Too much of unnecessary ads, not appealing to the senior citizens and not appropriate for the young age group.

To address this limitation and to help with the language to a group of senior citizens, who were stranded during Covid times and were solely relying on local service providers for their day to day needs, this “Kannada-Kali” app came into existence. 

Objective

• Enable users to learn the basics of spoken Kannada in a simple and interactive way.

• Serve as a quick reference guide for commonly used Kannada phrases.

• Provide an intuitive and user-friendly experience, appealing even to non-tech-savvy users.

Success metrics

• User Feedbacks, ratings and reviews 

• User Engagement - 50 + active users per month for the first 6 months

• Community Impact - Feedback from targeted senior citizen group about how the app helped them.

Features & Requirements

User Access

No special access is required. Anybody with the app installed on their system can use it. This is absolutely free app.

Technical Details

•  Tech Stack : Android, Java, SQLite, XML

•  UI : ListView,CardView, Array Adapter

•  API : TextToSpeech, MediaPlayer, AudioManager

•  Architecture : MVC

Out of Scope

• Progress tracking feature planned for future enhancements.

• Options for Voice recognition and online translation features to be explored in future releases.

Risks & Mitigation

• Risk: Limited adoption by target users.

• Mitigation: Actively collect feedback and iterate based on user input.