**Feeling.ly**

Feeling.ly, an application for the hearing impaired, will be capable of serving more than 3 million hearing impaired people across the globe. The application provides a set of innovative functionalities, of which the important one being the facility to convert from text to speech and from speech to text making it easy for the hearing impaired to communicate. The application allows quick switch between both the conversion modes. The specialty of this functionality is the support of more than 75 languages ,that is, translation to and from these languages to the other. Another innovative idea is to provide an offline ‘hearing test’ using which the user gets an idea of what his hearing capacity is which in turn enables him to customize the app in accordance with his personnel requirements (his hearing capacity). The application contains a set of inspirational quotes which encourage the physically challenged which scroll beneath the main screen of the application when the app is run in a loop , for we the developers realize the importance of motivating the disabled . The application provides links to blogs and community sites dedicated to the physically challenged and specifically the hearing impaired where they meet hearing impaired people from around the globe and will be capable of sharing their views on different aspects of daily life. Finally, the application comes preloaded with a few videos teaching the ‘Hand Gesture’ communication method along with the facility to retrieve more videos of this genre if interested. A main functionality of the application that requires special mention is that of sending automated messages in cases of emergency. (It is learnt that the hearing impaired , or the disabled in general are not as active or responsive as normal people , such that they wouldn’t find it easy to respond to emergency situations). There comes our Feeling.ly for Aakash, which will send automated messages to predefined number ( The police or a loved one) saying that the user is in trouble along with the actual location of the user on earth , without using GPS. And this is done by just shaking the device a couple of times, with the force and speed of shake being programmed wisely. Another functionality that requires special mention is that of whistle detection using which the hearing impaired user shall be alerted. Such a facility shall be used in occasions like, for example - considering the scenario of a home having a hearing impaired person and a sick mother who in order to call or alert the hearing person can blow a whistle to cause the Android Device to vibrate which will be felt by the hearing impaired user.

7. Install (Installation procedure):

8. Transfer Feeling.ly .apk to the internal or external sd card of the Android Device.

9. Open File Manager in the Device.

10. Locate and tap on the transferred Feeling.ly.apk file.

11. Tap on ‘install’.

12. Our application is now ready to use.

13. Usage :

IMPORTANT:

Feeling.ly is designed and developed to be compatible with Aakash tablets with 2nd generation GSM support - the version with SIM card support. Feeling.ly requires a working internet connection to run.

INITIAL SETUP

This setup screen appears only for the first use of the app. The setup is simple , where the user is asked to enter any mobile number to be used to avail the emergency messaging facility.

EXPLORE FEELING.LY

• Speech To Text: tap the ‘mic’ button and start speaking. The spoken sentence or word will be converted to text and displayed. (A hearing impaired user will find it amazing). • Text To Speech: Type any sentence or word in the text box provided and then tap the ‘speaker’ button above. The typed sentence will be spoken out.(70 % of the hearing impaired are also mute). • Test Your ear: A hearing test based on sound frequencies. Tap the ‘play’ button and try listening to the sound produced. Tap ‘ I heard’ if the sound was audible , else tap ‘ I didn’t hear’.( Provides a rough idea of what one’s hearing capacity is).

• Forums: Provides a number of links to Websites or Forums dedicated to the hearing impaired.( Most people are unaware of such forums and websites). • Video: The app comes preloaded with a video teaching hand gesture communication method. Additional videos shall be downloaded by tapping the ‘+’ button provided on top-right corner of the screen.(Most hearing impaired are not educated or lack a standard knowledge of such a language). • Like This App: Tap the ‘like’ button and sign in to Facebook. The Feeling.ly will post on your wall on behalf of you saying “ I am using Feeling.ly , its fantastic”.( Let many come to know that Feeling.ly is useful). • Settings: Tap the settings button and the preferences can be updated.

NOTE: The following two functionalities do not appear on the main screen. But they run in background.

• Emergency Messaging: In case of emergency/Trouble , just shake the Android Devicea couple of times until a vibrating feedback is felt. A message will be sent to a predefined number , the one entered during initial setup, saying “ I am in trouble” along with the user’s position on earth without using GPS.The fetching of location should be supported by the nearby tower/antena of your GSM provider. Else only a message saying that “the user is in trouble” will be sent.( The hearing impaired or the disabled in general are observed to be inefficient to deal with emergencies or troubles). • Whistle Detection: Blow a whistle in the vicinity of Android Devicewith Feeling.ly running in it , the tablet vibrates. ( Can be used to alert/call a hearing impaired user).

9. Contact : hello@trinetsolutions.online

10. License (GNU GPL version 3 with link to full license on gnu.org site.)