In 2019, Wamiq Hassan, a computer engineer, and two of his friends Ali Shabbar and Abdul Qadeer, who are both visually impaired, co-founded the DeafTawk app to empower Pakistan’s deaf community.
The startup recently made history by becoming Pakistan’s first organization to provide live sign-language interpretation service at the world’s top mobile technology event, Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona.
What are some of the features?
The assistive app allows deaf users to sign up, connect with qualified interpreters, and use the service to communicate with anyone, including doctors, teachers, cab drivers, and relatives. The app currently has over 18,700 users and employs around 1,100 professional interpreters, offering services in six language styles, including Urdu, English, Chinese, and Malay.
Where is the service available?
DeafTawk has expanded to 5 countries in three years. The company is now headquartered in the US with branches in Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Denmark.
Where can we get the app?
The app is free to download on both Android and iOS.
How much is the app?
There are multiple packages that start from the affordable $5 per month. There are 18,750 users in Pakistan using DeafTawk to communicate with the general public.
The company has big plans for the future. DeafTawk aims to be the next Google Translator for the 466 million deaf and hearing-impaired people in the world.
