I created an ASL AI Companion to bridge the gap for an unrepresented group while developing their digital product for a tech giant, so I took a chance to bridge this gap.

I came up with an idea from Google Assistant and Siri, which I noticed could be improved to make it more inclusive by incorporating ASL (American Sign Language) 🤟 into the software. Additionally, the accessibility of the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities (a11y)

Designing innovative solutions for helping more people with speech impairment, tone deaf 🧏 or hearing loss 🦻 to have equality and equity access to advanced technology as we do.

The use case for this project can be helpful for various occasions, such as for AI assistants, AI agents, AI customer services, cashiers, etc., for screens and software. All of these animation states can be triggered later on in runtime. Even better, the file is responsive for mobile and desktop.

Key insights from user research

AI companions need to be made more inclusive

Users encounter hard to navigate of the current digital assistant

Key insights from competitor analysis

Siri

Google Assistant

Notion AI

Screenshots of user research/competitor analysis

Through our project, we developed innovative, inclusive solutions aimed at empowering individuals with speech impairments, tone-deafness, and hearing loss. By prioritizing equality and equity in technology access, we achieved the following results:

1. Enhanced Accessibility

2. Improved Usability

This project serves as a testament to the transformative power of inclusive design in creating a more equitable and accessible technological landscape for everyone.

Key learnings from this project:

🟢 Intuitive tools to bridge the gap between the user who has symptoms and digital product

🟢 Helping the unrepresented group of groups that have been historically underrepresented or ignored when building product

🟢 Providing equity of opportunity and support for each person in order to achieve fair outcomes