Inform

Suggestions on a website

Inspiration

As women in the work place, we have been victims of language that leaves out women, non-binary, and gender nonconforming people from the conversation. Often business “lingo” is created for men which unknowingly perpetuates gender stereotypes in work. Beyond addressing gendered phrases in formal settings, we have seen this issue expand to racially charged language that should not be common jargon in the workplace. Our tool helps remove harmful or non-inclusive language from school or work settings while educating on insensitivity.

What it does

Inform is a chrome extension that parses the text on a webpage, email, or official document. It then identifies potentially insensitive phrasing, and suggests alternative language.

How we built it

We used a combination of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to create an interactive Chrome Extension.

Challenges we ran into

Our team was not familiar with JavaScript so we faced a huge learning curve upon starting our project. Within 24 hours, we were able to develop our bare minimum knowledge to an intermediate level with the help of textbooks, github, and mentors.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

At around 3 am last night, we were close to giving up on our dream of highlighting and changing words at a click. This morning we rallied and with vigorous work and pair programming, we were able to implement this very complex concept!