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HumusAI

AI calling assistant for deaf and HoH people created in START Hack, St Gallen, Switzerland 2019. Using Microsoft Azure APIs

Wanna know how it works?

Check video: HumusAI-Product-Video.mp4

Inspiration

It is predicted that by 2050, 1/10 people are going to have serious hearing problems. Even though we more and more online, 60% of the businesses in the US require a phone call to make an appointment for something simple such as a dentist or hairdresser.

What it does

We combined AI technologies such as Speech-to-Text, Text-to-Speech and Natural Langage Processing in one mobile application that enables deaf people to make and receive phone calls like anybody else.

How we built it

The application is built on Android, with the help of Microsoft Azure. As we believe that the design is very important when it comes to accessibility, we carefully designed each interaction in Adobe XD.

Challenges we ran into

Setting up a project, in the beginning, is not easy. Android and Firebase can be very challenging when you work in a team in such a short time.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Really good user experience described clearly in the video. Real-time chat application in Android, that has implemented Speech-to-Text, sign in options and message persistence.

What we learned

That technology for good can be applied everywhere! And from a technical point of view: Microsoft Azure, Android, Firebase, Adobe XD and how to pitch ;)

What's next for Call4All

For now, we have a prototype, the next is an MVP. Implement suggestions for answering, try to beat Microsoft Research Asia at the Stanford Question Answering Dataset (SQuAD) contest.

Built With

• adobe-xd
• android
• azure