13th Workshop “SEE&RE” Bansko, BULGARIA August 2013

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13th Workshop “SEE&RE” Bansko, BULGARIA 26-31 August 2013 A language learning tool - Eng2AlbSL (English to Albanian Sign Language) Polytechnic University of Tirana Faculty of Information Technology Hari Dimoshi, Fatjon Sakiqi, Besjana Muraku 13th Workshop “SEE&RE” Bansko, BULGARIA 26-31 August 2013

CONTENTS Introduction Why Hearing Impaired People? Why Albanian Sign Language? Why English? Application Reception For the future Conclusions

CONTENTS Introduction Why Hearing Impaired People? Why Albanian Sign Language? Why English? Application Reception For the future Conclusions

Introduction Microsoft Imagine Cup 2013 National Contest Make a software application with the potential to make a positive contribution to the betterment of society. Usage of Microsoft technologies and products

Introduction (2) Build a language learning software, targeting people with hearing imparities. Native Language: Albanian Sign Language Foreign Language: Written English Case Scenarios: English to Albanian Sign Language Albanian Sign Language to English

CONTENTS Introduction Why Hearing Impaired People? Why Albanian Sign Language? Why English? Application Reception For the future Conclusions

Why Hearing Impaired People? Opportunities They have skills, talent, and knowledge. They can and want to attend college and work. Community Hearing impaired community in Albania : 207’000 . Insufficientsupport from society and government. Difficulties They have difficulty in developing satisfactory language skills. [1] [1] Karin Hoyer, 2007. "Albanian Sign Language: Language Contact, International Sign and Gesture”.

CONTENTS Introduction Why Hearing Impaired People? Why Albanian Sign Language? Why English? Application Reception For the future Conclusions

Why Albanian Sign Language? There is no International Sign Language Every culture has its own sign language and language of signs In most cases it’s the first language to be learned as a child Written language is a secondary language Albanian Sign Language is relatively well studied compared to most sign languages

CONTENTS Introduction Why Hearing Impaired People? Why Albanian Sign Language? Why English? Application Reception For the future Conclusions

Why English? Communication and information are crucial in a society Nowadays internet is the main source of information Thanks to Internet, the education process has changed significantly Content in internet : 55% in the English language [2] [2] "Usage of content languages for websites". W3Techs.com. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

CONTENTS Introduction Why Hearing Impaired People? Why Albanian Sign Language? Why English? Application Reception For the future Conclusions

Application Platform, development tools and technologies Windows 8 WinRT Application Platform. To be used also on touch-capable devices, but not only. Microsoft Azure Cloud Storage Visual Studio 2012 Concept English to Albanian Sign Language Dictionary English Language Learning Method Consultancy ANAD (Albanian National Association of the Deaf), Pedagogical Specialists Department of Informatics: Prof.As.Dr. Elinda Kajo Meçe

CONTENTS Introduction Why Hearing Impaired People? Why Albanian Sign Language? Why English? Application Reception For the future Conclusions

Reception Winner of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2013 National Contest 2013 Albanian ICT Awards – ICT Creativity of the Year Nominee Very well accepted by the Albanian National Association for the Deaf – further collaborative development is on schedule Well accepted from the only public school for deaf and hearing impaired people in Tirana

CONTENTS Introduction Why Hearing Impaired People? Why Albanian Sign Language? Why English? Application Reception For the future Conclusions

For the future Refinement of current version , database population New module: Albanian Sign Language to Written English Gesture interpretation: Microsoft Kinect Possibility to migrate to Open Source technologies Decrease development costs at minimum

CONTENTS Introduction Why Hearing Impaired People? Why Albanian Sign Language? Why English? Application Reception For the future Conclusions

Conclusions Hearing Impaired community: Developing team: Language learning in traditional methods is hardly productive Developed a more appropriate solution Result was satisfactory Developing team: Enrich our programming abilities Improve team-work experience Joy and satisfaction to receive positive feedback from the HI community

Thank you! Questions?