COMMUNICATION MEDIUM FOR HEARING IMPAIRD USING ANDROID

Abstract

There are lot of deaf people who face lot of struggles and difficulties in communicating with others in
daily life. Already available helping aids are not up to the mark when considering few parameters. This system
proposes an approach for getting immediate attention to deaf people by vibrating their Smartphone when calling upon
their name. There is also an option for speech to text conversion where they can let the other person to speak and have
it displayed as a text. There is also a space given to the other person where he can input a text message and show it the
user. Hearing aids are also not that efficient and not sure to work in all the cases. In an emergency this may come in
handy without any other requirements. A regular Smartphone is enough which can be seen with everyone today. The
input is given through the microphone which is compared with the already provided name, if match, then it vibrates
for tactile intimation. The application also provides video calling feature. The user is provided with an instant speech
to text conversion under the video feed similar to subtitles enabling the user to make video calls as any normal person
does.