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HearMe

An idea by George Chakama

www.hearme.co.zw

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HearMe is a text-to-speech (TTS) app designed for people who are speech impaired, for example due to Autism, Stroke, Cerebral Palsy or other speech problems.

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With the app you can express your thoughts through text and they're translated to voice and opposite.

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Why Build This Project?

Having come across a mute person on the 4th of October 2021, I discovered a problem that wasn’t being addressed.

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Only a small percentage of people in the world can understand sign language. A conversation with someone mute is really hard especially when you don’t understand sign Language.

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I decided to build a progressive web app that’s accessible on every device. This PWA will enable people with speech problems to have conversations easily with people who don’t understand sign language.

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A PWA is an application that’s based on the web. Its more like a website you can install on your gadget. This saves your storage and it's easy to access. Install the app via a pop up on the website.

Less Storage || Offline - No Data || Faster than Native Apps

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Who is using HearMe ?

  1. Rape victims
  2. Students in deaf colleges and schools
  3. People doing job interviews
  4. Presenters on Workshops / Shows
  5. Families understanding their Kids

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Advantages of HearMe

  1. Communicate with people who are Blind.
  2. Easily alert people in an emergency.
  3. Easily repeat what you said with no sweat.
  4. Communicate with 1 hand.
  5. Give a presentation to a wide audience.
  6. No need for middleman in interviews.
  7. Built for Offline use, access it anywhere.
  8. Ability to choose voice and language features.
  9. Communication in the dark or any hash weather.

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Project Problem

Having Launched the project on the 4th of November, I did not expect the users to grow rapidly. The project now has over 2000 users distributed around the world with Zimbabwe hold 43% of users.

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Project Problem

  1. Project Hosting – due to the high traffic and number of users the project hosting package need to be upgraded to meet the demand.

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Solutions

  1. Project Hosting – Self Funds

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HearMe

An idea by George Chakama