CanTone

prototype, education and learning, people of diverse race, Good Seed

Developing a mobile app for children of diverse race to learn Cantonese at home

 

 

 

 

The venture aims at promoting social inclusion and advocating the integration of people of diverse race into Hong Kong society by developing a mobile app to help children of diverse race learn Cantonese at home. The app will apply artificial intelligence (AI) to provide basic daily Cantonese vocabulary pronunciation and listening exercises for kids.

It is planned to recruit 50 kindergarten students of diverse race to participate in the trial tests of the app.

Name of Organisation

ITCHI TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

Approved Funding Amount

HK$200,000

Funding Period (Status)

6 months (Ended)

Impact/Outcomes

  • Employed 5 people of diverse race to implement the project
  • Developed a Cantonese learning app with translations in 4 languages (English, Urdu, Nepali, Hindi)
  • 110 kindergarten students of diverse race benefited from trial use of the app prototype

Website

https://www.cantonehk.com/

 
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