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ESPE-Chat: An Inclusive Application for People with Hearing Impairment

Abstract:

This project is oriented to the development of a mobile application for people with hearing disabilities, carried out at the Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE Sede Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas. This application breaks the communication barrier between deaf and hearing people, through messages that are translated from text to audio and vice versa. The API used generates text in Spanish from messages sent in real time, a functionality that facilitates communication for people with hearing difficulties, who require visual support to access information, communicate and learn. The Agile SCRUM development methodology was used for the organization of work in blocks of time and the management of software development. In addition, open source development tools were used. Likert scale surveys were used, where the results obtained were that the development of the created mobile application has usability and inclusive accessibility. For the operation of the hybrid application (mobile and web), it is essential to have technological factors such as hardware and software, for its projection on screens of mobile devices with Android operating system or multiplatform computers with access to the web.