YYSystem
- Year: 2024
- Award: The World Summit Award
- Category: Inclusion & Empowerment
- Producer: Masaki Nakamura, Motonori Yokoi, Daisuke Shirata, Tatsuhiko Hosaka, Junki Yamakawa, Nana Furuzawa, Minori Oba, Satoshi Ozawa, Maho Kino, Kazuki Ito, Yuki Maeda, Yuta Ikagawa, Nozomi Jimbo, Kiyomi Kusaka, Yoko Matsumoto, Masatoshi Shibata, Naohisa Shioura, Natsuki Kutomi, Chieko Suzuki, Kikuko Ito, Erika Inayoshi, Sayoko Tsuboi, Yuko Tanaka, Wakana Sakoda
- Country: Japan
- URL: https://yysystem.com/
- Social:
YYSystem addresses the communication barriers faced by people with hearing impairments, which include difficulties in accessing information, participating in conversations, and facing challenges in education, employment, and social integration. The solution provides real-time, high-accuracy transcription of spoken language, even in noisy environments, and recognizes onomatopoeic words and environmental sounds. This allows users to have conversations anytime and anywhere while visualizing sounds in their surroundings.
The app is designed with a user-centric approach, developed in collaboration with people with hearing impairments, and is available free of charge for individual users. It also supports the social model of disability by providing installations at public spaces like stores and government offices, ensuring accessibility for all. The solution is timely, especially with the upcoming Deaflympics in Tokyo and new legal requirements for information accessibility, making YYSystem a crucial tool for inclusion.
