Video notification for SignSupport Remind Deaf users when and how to take medication Student : Vuyisa Phindiso Supervisor : Prof. Bill Tucker
Overview SignSupport overview Project recap Requirements Analysis Implementation Testing Changes Tools used Project plan
Overview of SignSupport Mobile App SASL video [3] Medication Instructions in SASL [3] Input medication instructions [5]
Project recap Develop a video notification for SignSupport Challenges Forgetting when to take meds Reading and writing skills/comprehension Solution SASL video notification (not text) with vibration automatically scheduled to user-preset meal times
Requirements Analysis Phone vibrates and Retrieve Medicine image Dismiss Alarm or Continue SASL instructional video plays Open medication instructions
Implementation Type of conditionDispensing Take pictureMeal times Home page Recommendations Instructions Alarm vibrates
Testing Unit testing Alarm testing Video testing Time-picker testing
Testing Integration testing Alarm + videos Alarm + videos + time-picker Video alarm + SignSupport
Testing Functionality testing
Changes Before (prototype) One alarm Hardcoded picture External to SignSupport Current version User sets time Multiple alarms Read from text files Integrated to SignSupport
Tools employed Eclipse IDE [2] Java programming language [4] Android platform [5] Samsung galaxy phone
Project plan
References [1] Chininthorn, P., Glaser, M., Freudenthal, A., & Tucker, W. D. (2012). Mobile Communication Tools for a South African Deaf Patient in a Pharmacy Context. In P. Cunningham & M. Cunningham (Eds.), Information Society Technologies - Africa (IST-Africa). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Dublin: IIMC International Information Management Corporation. [2] Eclipse IDE [3] Motlhabi, M. B., Tucker, W. D., Parker, M., & Glaser, M. (2013). Improving Usability and Correctness of a Mobile Tool to help a Deaf person with Pharmaceutical Instruction. In 4th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development (DEV-4) (Article 13, 10 pages). Cape Town, South Africa: New York: ACM Press. doi: / [4] Java programming language [5 ] Android platform
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