Help to talk mobile application for assisting the deaf and mute / Nurul Saihla Zainal Abidin

The communication is when two people communicate to each other. They send and receive information. Deaf and mute people also communicate but they use sign language as a method because they cannot speak and hear. However, there is problem arise when normal people and deaf and mute try to communicate because most of the normal people did not know and understand sign language. This project aim to develop a mobile application to assist the deaf in their daily communication using android mobile as its platform. Help to talk is a mobile application that use picture, icon and text to communicate. This app enables the users to use camera and access picture from their phone’s gallery. The objectives of this project are to identify user requirement, to design the user interface and to develop Help to talk: Mobile Application for Assisting the Deaf in communication. The target user for this project is individual who is a deaf-mute and normal hearing person. Platform that will be used for this project development is android mobile application. This project adapts the Mobile Application Development Life Cycle (MADLC) which comprises of seven stages. There are a few limitations which are the application cannot detect sensitive data, cannot delete note, the language is in Malay, only available for android operating system. This project developed until testing phase only. In the future, this application is recommended to add delete note, edit note and application is available on multiple platform. In conclusion, this project will benefit the normal, deaf and mute people in communication their daily life.