Hooandja

Rahvusvahelise viiplemise e-sõnastiku loomineKasutaja Kaire Papp projekt kategoorias Kodanikualgatus

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Kulg 1
Hooandjaid 89

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Postitatud 22.02.16

Hello everyone!

Estonian Deaf Assocciation has become more active in cooperating with The World Deaf Federation and the European Deaf Association in the recent years. Cooperation with named organisations has created a various opportunites for deaf people to participate in international projects all over Europe which main aim is to increace their participation in labour market and civic activity.

Partner organisations have made many projects accessible for deaf people that increase competitiveness in the labour market. The biggest weak point for deaf people accessing such projects is their lack of knowledge in international sign language and therefore there is a language barrier. Problems that occur due to limited communication opportunities are limiting deaf people to access offered opportunities which would boost their active participation in civic activity.

With a project “International sign language online dictionary” Estonian Deaf Association will create an online dictionary of international sign language. This solution will be generated for PC-s, tablets and smartphones. Functions are diverse and are created to be user-friendly and accessible for everyone. Estonian Deaf Association will create 1200 videos showcasing interenational sign language and 1200 estionian. Every word/sentence will be presented with two videos – where one of the videos is in estonian sign language and presented in estonian and the other one in international sign language and presented in english. A group of sign language experts will reassure the accuracy of the signs.

Creating this software is vital for a deaf community for several reasons:

Tartu University teachers in Sign Language will start using this sing language dictionary to teach students international signs. Students can also use this application themselves.
European Deaf Assembly will be held in Estonia in 2018 and e-dictionary will help prepare sing language interpreters for their work. Also estonian deaf can fully participate in seminars and understand it completely thanks to improved vocabulary in international sign language.
This project fulfills educational purposes in non-formal method. Everyone with an interest in sign language will have unlimited access to the vocabulary.

Expected results of this project:

Estonian deaf and other people who are interested in sign language will improve in their language skills by learning a new language that is widely used in the world
Deaf people will participate more in international projects
Deaf people have more opportunities to work in the international labour market as they will also improve in english.
Network of Estonian Deaf Association will be able to create more projects in co-operation with partner organisations in the international level to continue working on strategies to improve lives of hearing impaired people.
More people are interested in learning sign language as they will have the opportunity to learn international sign language which is more widely used than estonian sign language.
Estonian Sign Language interpreters will be qualified to use international sign language in their work in case of need.

We have turned to Hooandja for additional funding as the development of online-dictionary is fairly expensive and we still have some financial resources missing to complete the development. Online dictionary is provided also in english so it is possible to orientate in that dictionary for everyone who do not speak Estonian!

I thank you on behalf of Estonian Deaf Community!

Kaire Papp