Miluga

Dere ben wan boy.

Wan dei, duru in hem siki jari fu high school, hem go na wan smal shop na wan hilltop fu wan errand. It ben wan smal shop runi fu wan olde couple. Nani, dere ben wan girl fu similar age we ben looki fu someting, ma di boy no ben teki muchi a fasi en try fu buy di ting we hem need en go.

Na dat moment, di shop owner, wan olde lady, call di boy. She gi hem wan smal piece fu paper en ask hem fu read di ting we ben write na it.

Di note ben get ‘Miluga’ write na it.

Di boy ben tinki fu wan word we hem kan guess. Hem ben only tinki fu ‘flour’ en suggest dat it kan be flour. Di lady ben firi, en di boy ben go na hem home.

Ma, hem ben keep tinki bout it. ‘Di shop owner kan sabi fu read…’

Di next dei, di boy ben go bak na di shop.

“Di ‘Miluga’ we yu show me yestede, no ben write na dat girl we de near di entrance?”

Di lady ben surprise en ask ow hem sabi. Di girl ben get wan disability we mek verbal communication difficult. She ben write ‘Miluga’ na di paper because she no ben kan communicate fu buy wan bag fu flour.

Dat dei, di boy ben make up hem mind. Ef hem eber feni hemself na wan position fu help wan sma, hem go fosi help di wan we get physical challenge of no get educational opportunity, di wan we de socially vulnerable.

[Di Korean Today] ‘Miluga’ — Wan story we begin from wan boy’s memory © Di Korean Today Editorial

35 Years Later

35 jari ben pass. Di boy ben foun SmileStory Inc. na South Korea na 2009 en establish WIA (World Certification Industry Association) na Estonia na 2018. Wid di intention fu benefisi di world wid di most advanced technology fu humanity, hem ben de create technology fu keep dat promise.

WIA Talk — Wan universal sign language platform we allow communication wid anywan using wan single 3D sign language, without di need fu learn different sign languages (ASL, KSL, BSL…) fu each country. En WIA Braille (wiabraille.com) — Wan universal braille system based na IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) we allow read na 7,000 languages wan time yu learn. Fu di deaf, dere de WIA Talk, en fu di blind, dere de WIA Braille. Wen dis tu meet, di deaf en blind kan communicate directly without wan interpreter. Dis no ben realize anywhere yet.

Di technology de ready. Di 3D avatar show sign language, move lip-sync, en express emotions. Ma fu dis avatar fu move more naturally — data fu actual human hand movements de needed.

It ben take 35 jari. Durin dat time, dere mus be wan sma we turn away without kan buy wan bag fu flour. Ef it ben ben faster, it coulda reach wan more person sooner.

Now, volunteers de being recruited simultaneously from 254 language regions.

[Di Korean Today] WIA Talk 3D Sign Language Volunteer Program Guide © Di Korean Today Editorial

How to Participate in Volunteering

Yu kan do it from home, wid just wan web browser. No special skills of sign language experience de required.

Videos Are Not Saved — Only Numbers Remain

Dis na di most frequently asked question. No di video no de saved wen filming wid wan webcam?

Video files no de saved. Wi proprietary technology extract tu tings na real-time.

Only dis numbers de saved. Yu face image of video file no go remain na di server. Di number coordinates en facial expression values na di key data we bring di 3D avatar to life, en dem de sufficient.

Anyone Can Participate

[Di Korean Today] WIA Talk Volunteer Program Recruiting Simultaneously from 254 Language Regions Worldwide © Di Korean Today Editorial

Di Change Participation Brings

Di hand coordinate data yu provide become di gestures fu di 3D avatar. Dis avatar de embedded na di e-books fu WIA Books (wiabook.com), allowing di deaf fu read books na sign language. Dis na someting we no ben de exist anywhere na di world before.

Ma, dere de wan more tings yu need fu sabi bout dis story.

Miluga — Di Name We Start from ‘Miluga’

Di girl we ben wan buy flour ma kan only write ‘Miluga’ na wan note. Wi no sabi hem name. Ma dose tree letters ben now become di name fu di accessibility program fu WIA Books (wiabook.com) 35 jari later.

Miluga — Wan program we provide free access rights to all published books fu UNHCR verified refugees, severely hearing-impaired, en severely visually impaired individuals.

Yu participation na directly reflected na di 3D sign language books fu di Miluga program. Wen wan deaf reader open wan e-book, di 3D avatar show di book content na sign language — each gesture fu dat avatar de create from yu data.

Application Guide

It okay ef yu no kan participate directly. Just spreading dis news to dose around yu kan be wan big help. Sharing na social media of tell wan sma we interested na sign language go be appreciated.

“Dere ben wan girl we wan buy flour ma kan only write ‘Miluga’. Now, 35 jari later, technology de create we allow people like hem fu read books, communicate, en connect wid di world.”

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