Kenyan app helps people with hearing impairments
At least 150,000 Kenyans suffer from hearing impairments. A Kenyan tech entrepreneur decided to help by designing an app that reshaped the information landscape for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, connecting people with and without disabilities.
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00:34 The main objective was just to bridge the gap between how
00:39 deaf persons who are consuming entertainment.
00:42 And we started this by formulating or coming up
00:45 with some entertainment material to help the deaf
00:49 to have entertainment.
00:51 This involves helping some of them record content.
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01:02 Right now, I've really improved on my reading skills
01:25 because I can do news.
01:26 I can host a classroom show.
01:28 And I still have the courage to teach people sign language.
01:33 And I have gotten this acting skills
01:35 where I act in a comedy show called Sign Out Loud.
01:39 I'm also famous in the deaf community.
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