Algeria - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

TAKALEM is an innovative project that aim to facilitate the communication with deaf and mute people, with artificial gloves, the deaf person could easily talk like normal person, they translate his gestures into speech.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

Artificial gloves capture hand gestures and use deep learning algorithms to recognize them and translate them to normal speech, then using built-in speaker they create speech that normal people could listen to.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

I want to facilitate the life of special needs people, begin with deaf and mute individuals, they struggle in all situations, find it hard to communicate with others, they have they own language (ASP), so if we could translate their language into our language, we will create a bridge that trasend this barrier, next is translating our language into their language thgrough mobile application.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

- No need for a middleware anymore. - portable and easy to use gloves. - facilitate the communication with deaf and mute people.

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

- Deaf and mute individuals - educational institutions - healthcare facilities - emergency organizations - organizations deals with this community.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2023-01-01

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

0

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

0

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

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01.09 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link here:

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

Other: Mix between Industry and IT

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

4

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

4

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

02.03.01 My project contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

5

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

TAKALEM Gloves improve mute individuals overall life quality.

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

TAKALEM Gloves and future applications improve the communication, wich makr it easier to deaf people to learn and have better education

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

4

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

4

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

4

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

6

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

With TAKALEM Gloves, they can easily contribute in the social and economic activities

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

4

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

5

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

TAKALEM Gloves have the feature of multi-language, means that you can use them in more than one country

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

4

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

4

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

4

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

4

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

4

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

4

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

5

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

My project aim to be worldwide, so of course I need parterships and collaborations

05.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

1 - Strongly Disagree

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

4

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

5

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

4

05.06 The product/service we envision creating responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

1 - Strongly Disagree

05.08 Justification

There is no commercial gloves on the local market that do this job, only a few academic researchs on American Sign Language (ASL).

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

Null.

10.06 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

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