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It is an application that supports communication between hearing-impaired and hearing-impaired people.

Written conversations are a common way for hearing-impaired people to communicate with hearing-impaired people, but hearing-impaired people may not be able to obtain the information they need due to reasons such as time and effort.
"Koetora" supports smooth communication by utilizing voice recognition technology and voice synthesis technology, which are the research results of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT).

It has the following features.
1) You can also input by voice
You can input by voice without typing a sentence on the keyboard.
・ You can easily talk with people who cannot sign language.
・ Easy to use even for people who are not accustomed to entering characters

2) You can convey the sentence by voice
It is transmitted even if the other person does not read the letters.
・ Conversation goes smoothly by communicating by voice
・ You can talk with visually impaired people

3) Anyone can easily operate
Even people who are unfamiliar with smartphones can easily respond.
・ Even first-time users can use it intuitively with the push of a button.
・ You can convey information by showing it with a picture or a map.

4) You can register and use fixed phrases
If you register frequently used sentences as fixed phrases, you can quickly call them up and use them.
・ Since you only need to select a fixed phrase, you can save the trouble of entering it.
・ It can be classified by type, and you can smoothly select the fixed phrase you want to use.
・ With a function to use it more conveniently, you can set it to suit you.

5) You can express emotions and seasons with pictograms
You can also convey emotions to the other party by using pictograms.
・ Sentence input can be reduced by using pictograms

6) You can talk by connecting multiple terminals.
By connecting multiple terminals to each other, you can have a conversation on each terminal.
・ People who are deaf or unable to sign language can talk at the same time by connecting their terminals.
・ By connecting your own terminal, you can use the fixed phrase you created.
・ Conversation history remains on each terminal