Yemeni student designs program for deaf-dumb [Archives:2006/1011/Local News]

SAYUN, Dec. 26 ) A female Yemeni graduate from Sayun's Faculty of Applied Sciences innovated an educational program to help deaf-dumb people. The program is considered an addition to the electronic library which is of concern for deaf-dumb group. As reported in hadramout.info website.

The program enables deaf-dumb receive basic education via modern technological means and thus riding of their impairments.

Program designer, Fatma bin Abdul explained that the program operates in both Arabic and English and contains over 800 signs adopted by the Unified Sign Dictionary issued by Arab Union of Deaf.

Each chapter has a test at the end to make sure they have comprehended chapters' contents. Further, the program includes live scenes that embody the tragedy of dumb-deaf people.

Bin Abdul also indicated the program took her four months earlier to her graduation so she was unable to insert new ideas, assuring she will work on improving it in the future to include computer using and prayer performing.

She additionally commended the unlimited help of her parents together with a number of those people who helped her perform the project.

Concluding her remarks, bin Abdul called upon all associations concerned with deaf-dumb people to make use of this program as it will help deaf-dumb read and write together with computer use.
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