i-CHAT as sign language computer application for hearing impaired

The Sign Language Computer Application for the Hearing Impaired, named I Can Hear and Talk (i-CHAT) is a computer based application which is designed to assist people, especially children with hearing impaired problem to master their linguistic capability. The first phase is Indonesian & Malaysian (Melayu) Sign Language. This application leads the user to learn Indonesian & Malaysia Sign Language and how to arrange affirmative sentences. The establishment of this application is expected to be beneficial for the Hearing Impaired community, students and teachers of School for Children with Special Needs and also useful for their parents, teacher and relatives. The purpose of this study is to make an alternative method of learning sign language using computer application. Let¿s to disseminating the use of sign language among deaf and hard of hearing students through developed computer based application, i-CHAT (I Can Hear and Talk).