Hardware Lab. Оксана Борисенко. EnableTalk 2.0 - перчатка дающая голос немому

Voice of the sign language

Enable-talk

Communication product, which consists of gloves with sensors, which translate sign language

into speech via app on a mobile or a tablet

Enable-talk world market

70 million people in a world using Sign Language as a First Language,

28 million of them using Spanish Sign Language.

28 million of them using American Sign Language

including autists people in USA

* source: http://www.wfdeaf.org/

Statistics Asia

* source: WFD Regional Secretariat for Asia and Pacific

*

294000 296000 298000 300000 302000 304000 306000 308000 310000 312000 314000

Deaf and hard of hearing people

Thailand Republic of Korea Japan

Statistics United Kingdom

* source: Wikipedia

** source: http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/your-hearing/about-deafness-and-hearing-loss/statistics.aspx

*

50 000deaf people use British Sign

Language as their first or

preferred language**

By 2031, it is estimated that there will be 14.5 million people with

hearing loss in the UK

53182000

3700000

6300000

10000000

Total population*

Hearing loss people Working age (16 – 64) Retirement age (65+)

Statistics USA

* source: http://www.ncra.org/Government/content.cfm?ItemNumber=9450

*

28

8

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Total

Deaf or hearing disabled

Are employed

24

71

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Total

Born every year with hearing loss

In special education programs

million thousand

29%

34%

37%

Employed

Professional/managerial

Sales, service and administrative support

Jther

Statistics USA

* source: http://www.ncra.org/Government/content.cfm?ItemNumber=9450

*

1

21

1 of every 22 infants

Has a hearing problem

1

21

15 of every 1000 people

Under age 18 have some type of hearing impairment

Enable-Talk facilitates communication between people and increase employment of Deaf people.

General Framework

Make sign

Recognizing sign

G l o v e Vocalizing sign

Controller OverviewCompass/Gyroscope

Accelerometer/Gyroscope

Microcontroller

HDMI Port

Publicity

Value Proposition

• Two sensor

gloves

• Mobile apps • Sign and speech

libraries

• Customization

Revenue Model

• US hearing aid market – $5.8 bn in 2012 *

• Pair of gloves – $200 (production cost - $100)

* according to iData Research

What we have now (by March 2015)

- Prototype

- Windows and Android application

- Lap top application

- We have also Ukrainian patent and PCT

- We have some testers in Ukraine and USA

(for translation sign language into speech)

(gloves with sensors)

(for gloves/speech library programming (easy in two clicks))

In 2015 we are planning

by May

2015

by July

2015

by August

2015

by August

2015

by August

2015

September

2015

by August

2015

September

2015

To change the

design of the

prototype

in light version

To obtain

international

patents

to improve

algorithms of

sign language

translation into

speech

cloud based

libraries

update on all

the

downloaded

apps (windows

and android)

to increase of

sign/speech

libraries

to go to

kickstarter and

indiegogo (as

a market

place)

launch of

manufacturing

(mass-

production)

to go to US,

EU and Japan

markets

(incorporation)

Competition

Sign

language

interpreters

15$ in hour

SMS/IM

slow,

uncomfortable

Video Recognition

not mobile

Some back ground and plans:

• 2012 – Golden Byte (КА «ШАГ»);

• 2012 – Microsoft Imagine Cup;

• 2013 – Microsoft grant;

• 2014 – Accelerator GrowthUP

• 2014 – War in Donetsk;

• 2015 – Restart EnableTalk 2.0;

• 2015 – Office in Silicon Valley and Shenzhen team;

• 2015 (September) – Indiegogo;

• to be continued,

Lessons learnt:

• Remote team management;

• Work with accelerators;

• Ukrainian patent vs PCT application;

• Manufacturing in Ukraine vs in China;

• Logistics ;

• Product design.

Our Team

Max OsikaDev Team Lead

Valera YasakovCMO

Anton PosternikovCTO

Natalia KarpenkoCOO

Oksana BorysenkoCEO

Thanks for your time!

We always appreciate all the feedback we can get and we would love to hear your opinion about Enable Talk

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