Jellow Communicator is a friendly Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app that uses icons/images to enable speech. This freely downloadable Android app can be used for communication by those learning to speak or those having difficulty with speech. Jellow can also be used by toddlers and early learners to learn words and categories frequently used in their daily lives. Jellow’s colourful and friendly icons can help children develop an association between pictures and their corresponding word labels.
Jellow has a simple, visually appealing and easy-to-learn interface consisting central 'category' buttons and 'expressive' side buttons. The content of the app is organized into basic category buttons that make it easy for the user to access and find desired icons. The user can make the app speak out sentences by simply clicking on any of the category buttons followed by any of the expressive buttons.
Jellow has over 1000 icons and over 10000 lines of pre-programmed text. In addition, using the 'keyboard' feature, the user can also generate new sentences and use the app to speak them out aloud. The current version of the app allows the user to choose from 3 languages (English, Hindi, Bengali and Marathi) and multiple accents (Indian, American, British).
Jellow is developed at the IDC School of Design at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) located in Mumbai. The application is still under development. If you have any suggestions for improvement, please submit your feedback/comments via email at jellowcommunicator@gmail.com.
For further information on Jellow and FAQs, please visit www.jellow.org/
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- User can create board's. Add their own custom icons or choose from existing library to the board. Tap semi-transparent circular "+" icon on the right top to go to create board screen.
- User can search, icon by typing its English name; In all non English languages. E.g. To search a "Mango" icon, type "mango" in search bar.
- User will receive language/icon updates on the internet within app.
- Added compatibility for Android 10 and its new swipe based navigation.
- Fix the app crashes on update.
There are many ways to contribute to Jellow, and only a few of them involve writing code, language translations, promotions.
- Want to help to translate Jellow app content in your language? Contact us at jellowcommunicator@gmail.com
- Want to help to promote Jellow Communicator in relevant forums and communities. Let us know what is your idea at jellowcommunicator@gmail.com
- Want to contribute to Jellow app development check Contributing Guide
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