Interactive Software Helps Those with Hearing Disability Learn Quran
To assist people with such disability, a
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) research group has developed I-Sign
QurANIS, an interactive software containing the basic lessons in Quran and
ibadah.
USIM Quranic and Sunnah Studies Faculty lecturer
Norakyairee Mohd Raus said the primary objective of developing the software
costing RM78,000 was to fulfill the spiritual needs of the group and improve
their learning skills.
"Our responsibility is to give
deaf people basic knowledge on how to read the Quran and facilitate their
understanding.
"QurANIS is a curriculum to help deaf
children obtain education similar to those provided at religious schools
(KAFA)," he told Bernama recently.
Norakyairee said I-Sign QurANIS uses audiovisual
effects and sign language to teach the Al-Quran to the deaf.
"We went to a special education religious
school in Johor Bharu recently, and the children loved it and they could even
try to read," he said.
I-Sign QurANIS was awarded a gold medal in the
2017 International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition on May 11 in
Kuala Lumpur.
In this regard, Norakyairee said the product
which took one and a half years to develop would be marketed to
non-governmental organizations at RM100 for one CD.
"We have also approached parties in
Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei to distribute the software," he said.
Source: Bernama
