Children with disabilities such as hearing and speech suffer severe communication problems with their environment. These children find it difficult to communicate even with their parents and vice versa. In such a situation , they feel alienated. However, over time these students get comfortable in the vicinity of the school and hostel because they are with people who can communicate with them. The ‘abled’ usually don’t have the opportunity of conversing with a deaf mute.
Design Solution
This electronic device improves life in public relations among deaf mute in scholastic classrooms to teach they our language and to serve as interpreter between teachers and deaf mute since the first classes (of school). Example of employment in the registry offices: the ‘abled’ usually don’t have the opportunity of conversing with a deaf mute. Using a paper and pen is not always possible. In this case, with this device it becomes much simpler because the conversation is really bi-directional.
Many scenarios were made to get a deeper understanding into the situation. It can be used in government public offices and private, in fair exposures (exhibitions), in the hospitals, at the police stations, in case of accidents…. and also in all the schools, first of all to teach the mother language, even if only writing, then for all the other subject of study: History, Geography, Arithmetic, etc….
The function of the system is that to be of aid to this type of handicaps facilitating the conversations. The function of each type of keyboard is tightly tied to the language of the country. The device has numerous applications; a keyboard/display. During the total planning of the system care has been taken to make the device user friendly and easy to install and understand.
Functionality and use of design:
This electronic device can be used in all the circumstances in which a deaf mute has to ask information or to effect conversation of any type, with non deaf mute people.
The communication device for deaf, hearing impaired, or mute persons comprises a processor control system which makes use of a microphone and a speech recognizer to receive and process audio data (speech or non-speech) to determine whether or not a dangerous situation exits within the environment surrounding the user.
The system comprises a key pad and/or stylus and tablet information input system to accommodate communication from the user to the persons in the surrounding environments and a visual display capability to transmit the information so acquired by way of a projection apparatus in the form of characters and in the language to which the user is accustomed.
Indicator signals which correspond to dangerous or cautionary situations relating to abnormally loud noises, or readily recognized sound patterns, such as a siren may also be displayed to the user, as may be information related geographic location, distance to a preset destination, or other personally useful information.
Five common themes: Identity, Connection, Control, Tension, and Convenience were identified from the analysis of the data collected.