
Wika lets people with hearing and/or visual disabilities access educational videos
(and entertainment too).
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Win or Luz
We were told that we were going to be given a Good Design Award. But we don’t know what level (Red, Green, Gold, etc.) until the 29th of June. Regardless, we’ll be bringing home an Arturo Luz trophy—a win!
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Watch it and watch out!
If you prefer to watch a five-minute overview video, here’s our Startup QC pitch, which earned us a one-million peso startup grant from Quezon City.
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Malas-akit
One million Filipinos are profoundly Deaf. Most people think that the solution for them is captions; just turn on the subtitles. What most people don’t know is that only 2% of children born deaf have access to formal education. So the majority of the world’s profoundly deaf cannot read; captions are of little use to them.
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Malasakit
So we developed a solution that lets people with hearing (and/or visual) disabilities access educational videos (and entertainment too).
Our app identifies what the viewer is watching, then delivers a corresponding sign language interpretation—synchronized to what the viewer is watching.
Check out the Demo section of this website for demonstration videos.