IMAGENZSL
By Jared Flitcroft
NZ $10,050 pledged
72 people pledged
Closed
NZ $10,000 minimum target
This campaign was successful and closed on 17/03/2021 at 8:00 PM.
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IMAGENZSL
Project 2021-02-10 13:16:40 +1300
Kia ora! My name is Jared and I am excited to show you this epic looking interactive app.
Our goal is to give IMAGENZSL, an interactive New Zealand Sign Language, to every school, every classroom and out in the community. It will be awesome.
NZSL is New Zealand’s second official language, there are not many resources that exist and this will provide a valuable tool and an alternative way for learning NZSL. Language apps are very popular in app stores worldwide – and are said to be revolutionising language learning. These apps offer opportunities to practise grammar and can be a very rewarding way to learn vocabulary.
IMAGENZSL is a sign language and language app where the user will learn NZSL by exploring the objects around them. This innovative project will be accessible to the public in a fun and interactive video format for everyone.
The IMAGENZSL App concept uses object recognition software. This technology uses a device (tablet or smartphones) camera to try and identify an object in its line of sight. Once the technology detects an object it believes it can recognise, then it will assign the name to it.
IMAGENZSL will use that object name assignment to play the NZ Sign Language video gesture for that object. This will allow users and learners to see how it is signed.
QUIZ MODE:
QUIZ mode allows users and learners to see how it is signed and tthe user can record themselves copying that sign. Not only that, this App will have te reo Māori so the user can learn NZ's two official languages. We have created a protoype with thanks from the NZSL Board and we have shown this to Deaf/Māori and the hearing community around NZ.
People can learn language in their own time, especially people busy in their day to day activities. Deaf people are also customers so the app will help them with communication. This will help reduce the stigma towards NZ Sign Language (NZSL).
We believe that languages are the gateway to our tamariki future and we are excited to be a part of it.
The journey so far:
With many thanks to the NZSL Boards Community Fund, that funded the prototype.
Now that we have completed the prototype and it is working well. We received great positive feedback from the Deaf community, students, teachers and the wider community. We would like to publicly launch the app omn the app stores as a free download.
Your help and Koha will go towards this as well as improving the look of the app.
To do this, we need your support.
About Us:
Jared Flitcroft
Jared is an award winning Māori Deaf film maker, a business owner, a photographer, a mental health advocator, an innovator and a chef. He is of Ngāti Maniapoto.
His passion in virtual reality, technology and his phone has led him to partner with Cam Swainson on creating an app that will enable hearing people to communicate with the Deaf community in his native language.
Cam Swainson-Whaanga
Cam is the founder of the Jean Swainson Foundation and Afed Limited. He is of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Porou. He has been helping Jared with the technical build of the prototype, and will help publish the version for App stores.
Cam has 20 years experience in TV and Video production and five years in the App and Game Development.
Comments
Updates 4
11 hours to go
17/03/2021 at 9:14 AM
Not long to go and we are at 53%. We will get there.
It's good to be positive and we still need your support to help us reach the 10k goal in 11 hours.
To our supporters and pledgers, stay epic.
Thank you
Jared
50% funded. 24 hours left
16/03/2021 at 10:52 AM
Hey all lovely people,
We got 50% funded which is fantastic news but we have 24 hours to go to reach the last 50%.
Let's go pledgers and everyone to support this amazing app. Even $5 will help us go a long way to reach our goal.
Let's keep pledging :-)
Jared
Thank you Pledgers
09/03/2021 at 1:34 PM
Hey Pledgers,
Thank you so much for your pledges, it great to see that we are just over 30%. But it not yet over and we have 1 week to go.
Let's go pledgers, share this to your fellow pledgers, your other contacts and let make this app happen.
We need your support.
Thank you,
Jared
PAST THE $1000 MARK WOOHOOOOO
21/02/2021 at 6:51 PM
Kia ora Pedgers,
Thank you so much for your support and your pledges. We are now getting closer to reaching our $10,000 goal with 24 days remaining.
Stay epic everyone, keep on sharing so we can all encourage other people to pledge and support this interactive app
Jared and Cam
Pledgers 72
17/03/2021 at 7:47pm
17/03/2021 at 7:38pm
17/03/2021 at 6:15pm
17/03/2021 at 10:20am
"Great work!"
17/03/2021 at 9:01am
"Good luck from us! "
17/03/2021 at 8:24am
16/03/2021 at 9:32pm
16/03/2021 at 8:18pm
16/03/2021 at 7:44pm
"Awesome project, all the best. "
16/03/2021 at 5:06pm
16/03/2021 at 4:44pm
16/03/2021 at 3:35pm
16/03/2021 at 2:57pm
16/03/2021 at 1:46pm
"Can't wait!! Looking forward to see all your hard work come to life "
16/03/2021 at 12:54pm
16/03/2021 at 10:48am
"Good luck guys "
15/03/2021 at 11:59am
"All the best to you, Jared!"
15/03/2021 at 8:26am
15/03/2021 at 6:49am
"He mihi atu mou te mahi rawe, na te whaanau Cassidy-Clark"
14/03/2021 at 11:12pm
"Good luck with this awesome business adventure. Ngā mihi"
14/03/2021 at 9:05pm
14/03/2021 at 9:02pm
"Good luck Jared! "
13/03/2021 at 1:17pm
12/03/2021 at 4:47pm
"Can’t wait to see this app unfold!"
10/03/2021 at 8:49pm
"Good luck x"
10/03/2021 at 12:41am
09/03/2021 at 11:47pm
"Cant wait to see it!"
09/03/2021 at 8:56pm
"This is a fantastic idea. The more people who are able to learn even a little NZSL, the less isolated deaf people will be. "
08/03/2021 at 6:37pm
08/03/2021 at 3:05pm
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IMAGENZSL
Project 2021-02-10 13:16:40 +1300
Kia ora! My name is Jared and I am excited to show you this epic looking interactive app.
Our goal is to give IMAGENZSL, an interactive New Zealand Sign Language, to every school, every classroom and out in the community. It will be awesome.
NZSL is New Zealand’s second official language, there are not many resources that exist and this will provide a valuable tool and an alternative way for learning NZSL. Language apps are very popular in app stores worldwide – and are said to be revolutionising language learning. These apps offer opportunities to practise grammar and can be a very rewarding way to learn vocabulary.
IMAGENZSL is a sign language and language app where the user will learn NZSL by exploring the objects around them. This innovative project will be accessible to the public in a fun and interactive video format for everyone.
The IMAGENZSL App concept uses object recognition software. This technology uses a device (tablet or smartphones) camera to try and identify an object in its line of sight. Once the technology detects an object it believes it can recognise, then it will assign the name to it.
IMAGENZSL will use that object name assignment to play the NZ Sign Language video gesture for that object. This will allow users and learners to see how it is signed.
QUIZ MODE:
QUIZ mode allows users and learners to see how it is signed and tthe user can record themselves copying that sign. Not only that, this App will have te reo Māori so the user can learn NZ's two official languages. We have created a protoype with thanks from the NZSL Board and we have shown this to Deaf/Māori and the hearing community around NZ.
People can learn language in their own time, especially people busy in their day to day activities. Deaf people are also customers so the app will help them with communication. This will help reduce the stigma towards NZ Sign Language (NZSL).
We believe that languages are the gateway to our tamariki future and we are excited to be a part of it.
The journey so far:
With many thanks to the NZSL Boards Community Fund, that funded the prototype.
Now that we have completed the prototype and it is working well. We received great positive feedback from the Deaf community, students, teachers and the wider community. We would like to publicly launch the app omn the app stores as a free download.
Your help and Koha will go towards this as well as improving the look of the app.
To do this, we need your support.
About Us:
Jared Flitcroft
Jared is an award winning Māori Deaf film maker, a business owner, a photographer, a mental health advocator, an innovator and a chef. He is of Ngāti Maniapoto.
His passion in virtual reality, technology and his phone has led him to partner with Cam Swainson on creating an app that will enable hearing people to communicate with the Deaf community in his native language.
Cam Swainson-Whaanga
Cam is the founder of the Jean Swainson Foundation and Afed Limited. He is of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Porou. He has been helping Jared with the technical build of the prototype, and will help publish the version for App stores.
Cam has 20 years experience in TV and Video production and five years in the App and Game Development.
Comments
11 hours to go
17/03/2021 at 9:14 AM
Not long to go and we are at 53%. We will get there.
It's good to be positive and we still need your support to help us reach the 10k goal in 11 hours.
To our supporters and pledgers, stay epic.
Thank you
Jared
50% funded. 24 hours left
16/03/2021 at 10:52 AM
Hey all lovely people,
We got 50% funded which is fantastic news but we have 24 hours to go to reach the last 50%.
Let's go pledgers and everyone to support this amazing app. Even $5 will help us go a long way to reach our goal.
Let's keep pledging :-)
Jared
Thank you Pledgers
09/03/2021 at 1:34 PM
Hey Pledgers,
Thank you so much for your pledges, it great to see that we are just over 30%. But it not yet over and we have 1 week to go.
Let's go pledgers, share this to your fellow pledgers, your other contacts and let make this app happen.
We need your support.
Thank you,
Jared
PAST THE $1000 MARK WOOHOOOOO
21/02/2021 at 6:51 PM
Kia ora Pedgers,
Thank you so much for your support and your pledges. We are now getting closer to reaching our $10,000 goal with 24 days remaining.
Stay epic everyone, keep on sharing so we can all encourage other people to pledge and support this interactive app
Jared and Cam
17/03/2021 at 7:47pm
17/03/2021 at 7:38pm
17/03/2021 at 6:15pm
17/03/2021 at 10:20am
"Great work!"
17/03/2021 at 9:01am
"Good luck from us! "
17/03/2021 at 8:24am
16/03/2021 at 9:32pm
16/03/2021 at 8:18pm
16/03/2021 at 7:44pm
"Awesome project, all the best. "
16/03/2021 at 5:06pm
16/03/2021 at 4:44pm
16/03/2021 at 3:35pm
16/03/2021 at 2:57pm
16/03/2021 at 1:46pm
"Can't wait!! Looking forward to see all your hard work come to life "
16/03/2021 at 12:54pm
16/03/2021 at 10:48am
"Good luck guys "
15/03/2021 at 11:59am
"All the best to you, Jared!"
15/03/2021 at 8:26am
15/03/2021 at 6:49am
"He mihi atu mou te mahi rawe, na te whaanau Cassidy-Clark"
14/03/2021 at 11:12pm
"Good luck with this awesome business adventure. Ngā mihi"
14/03/2021 at 9:05pm
14/03/2021 at 9:02pm
"Good luck Jared! "
13/03/2021 at 1:17pm
12/03/2021 at 4:47pm
"Can’t wait to see this app unfold!"
10/03/2021 at 8:49pm
"Good luck x"
10/03/2021 at 12:41am
09/03/2021 at 11:47pm
"Cant wait to see it!"
09/03/2021 at 8:56pm
"This is a fantastic idea. The more people who are able to learn even a little NZSL, the less isolated deaf people will be. "