A company that supporting social business and social enterprise focusing on learning and edutainment tool to learn sign language, creating awareness on sign language to able people and empower the deaf community in Malaysia specifically an around the world generally. Siasitok sign Language Is teaching aids to learn sign language easy, fast, fun and effective.
Siasitok is the first teaching aid in the world that uses Augmented Reality to make the learning of sign language fun and interesting. It is also portable and can be use at anytime and anywhere.
Current Status
Siasitok AR flashcard already win a few award (Al Sharq Forum, Dare to Dream, Riff-off Startup and Many more)and represent Malaysia to Saudi Arabia For Entrepreneurship World Cup 2019. We started on Mac 2018. Until today, we already have 1300+ users and we have partnership with 4 deaf association, use at 6 deaf school , 3321 module sold and revenue USD30,000.
Problem or Opportunity
They are three major reasons of the production of this innovative product. One is to help ease the communication barrier that happens between deaf children with their parent, family members, and able people in society. Communication barrier may result from a lack of understanding on sign language by family members as they may find it difficult to comprehend what the deaf child is trying to convey. Two is on education. Deaf children are left behind by five to six years in total of their life in the context of education. Three is hearing aid and implant installation involves high cost and not every family can effort it. Siasitok is providing an option by learning sign language in the form of flashcard. Siasitok is to help ease the communication barrier that happens between deaf children with their parent, family members, and able people in society. In education, deaf children are left behind by five to six years in total. In Southeast Asia, there are 10 million of deaf kid and they not able to buy hearing aids. Siasitok are first in the world learning sign language using Augmented Reality technology for deaf.
Solution (product or service)
Siasitok Sign Language AR flashcard is teaching aid to learn sign language easy, fast, fun and effective which can learn sign language anytime and anywhere. We are targeting to reducing gap between deaf and able people in education and communication within 10 years. It is the first teaching aid in the world that used Augmented Reality to make the learning of sign language fun and interesting. Siasitok is also supporting UN SDG’s for number 4 (Quality Education) and number 10 (Reduced Inequalities).
Competitors
list of our competitor are :
1) Bimo - Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia Original 2) cram.com 3) Barrons 4) Trend enterprise 5) carsonn Dellosa
all of this is our competitor and there are didn't have any AR for their card.
Advantages or differentiators
Siasitok is the first teaching aid in the world that uses Augmented Reality to make the learning of sign language fun and interesting. It is also portable and can be use at anytime and anywhere. Siasitok is supporting social business and social enterprise focusing on learning and edutainment tool to learn sign language, creating awareness on sign language to able people and empower the deaf community in Malaysia specifically an around the world generally.
Money will be spent on
the money will goes to :
1) Module Development 2) AR Stabilization 3) Online Learning For Deaf Since pandemic 4) future development product.
Siasitok has been conferred several local and International awards including: Inclusive Innovation – Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia ASEAN Entrepreneurship Summit – Trailblazers Challenge Grassroot Innovation 2016- Melaka State Government Startup Borneo Competition 2018 Riff Off Startup by MITeC 2018 Ignite Pitch organized by Al Sharq Forum (an International Award conferred on 2nd May 2019) We are honoured to be representing Malaysia to Saudi Arabia for the ‘Entrepreneurship World Cup 2019’ in November 2019 1st prize for Facing Up with Social Entrepreneurship 2019 (FUSE) – November 2019 by Myharapan And KBS 1st prize for UNDP Youth CoLab Boothcamp 2019 Dare to Dream Grant By Air Asia Foundation 2019