SPEAK4U: AN APP FOR DEAF CHILDREN: A USER-CENTERED TEXT-TO- SPEECH TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

This project examined at how deaf children can improve their communication skills with normal people. Conversation is essential in everyday life, yet not everyone can communicate well vocally, such as the deaf children. The project aims is to create a simple mobile application for deaf children to communicate using the concept of "text to speech" software to convert words or terms written by them on a mobile keypad into voice (text to speech). This project main goal is to create an application for deaf children that uses user-centered text-to-speech technology. This requires achieving three objectives: to design an app for deaf children using a user- centered text-to-speech technology, to develop an app that will aid in the translation and facilitation of communication between deaf children and normal people and to evaluate the usability of an application for deaf children, which include the easiness for learning purpose on how to convey messages conveniently using a text-to-speech technology application.The design of the app is based on the deaf children requirements for mobile application and parents or caretakers which are the most close to them. This project are developed with the help of platform software like Android Studio and Adobe XD.