EasyLexi

Speech to text feature
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Inspiration

Dyslexia - a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words, 1 in 10 people suffer from dyslexia.

What it does

EasyLexi is a technological solution designed to help dyslexic people overcome their fear, anxiety, confusion by providing them a platform to get more comfortable with words and sounds. It has features such as text to audio conversions, audio to text conversions which would help people with reading texts, spelling checkers, spell correctly by converting speech to text. It offers an inclusive, diversity friendly space where people with dyslexia can connect and explore together through the Blog feature.

How we built it

We have used CSS, HTML, JavaScript to build and design the website of EasyLexi. Using python, we incorporated text correction conversions through various packages. The flask was used to integrate the front-end and back-end developments.

Challenges we ran into

The process of linking the various types of files was a little challenging. Translating the inclusive solutions that we were able to come up with into technology took quite some brainstorming. Testing and making sure all components were running perfectly also posed a bit of a challenge.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Right from background colour to letter spacing of even every button is dyslexic-friendly. The colours and fonts used- Helvetica, Arial and Sans-serif are handpicked based on their maximum comfort. There is also a 'Word of the Day' feature, making children more comfortable with certain words which they may normally find confusing.

What we learned

Working with different software, different tools, definitely was a great experience and we could learn a lot of new things that goes into making a completely functional website with so many features.

What's next for EasyLexi

In this era of technological solutions, our goal is to achieve equity and solve challenges that people encounter on a daily basis. We hope that with EasyLexi, people with dyslexia can become more familiar and comfortable. Our true goal will be achieved when dyslexic people find it more convenient and become more comfortable. We aim at providing more inclusive features in a customised manner to our users in the future as well as developing mobile applications for the same.