Game System for learning Basic letters of Devanagari Script for Children using OCR technology


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Creator/Artist: Piyush Vinod Churad

Category: Interaction Design

Document: P3 Project

Batch: 2013-2015

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Anirudha Joshi


Detailed Description

With the increase in English medium schools in urban areas, children start learning A B C D first and they find it difficult to learn ? ? ? ?. The language learning of their own mother tongue falls into second priority. The aim of this project is to design a game which helps children of 1st & 2nd standard in learning the basic letters (?????????) of Devanagari script using the capabilities of OCR. Using the hypothesis that “If users play with the primitives, they can learn Devanagari letters”, several explorations, experiments and research were done considering the OCR technology constraints. ‘????????’, a 2D digital video game was designed based on the concept of tangible primitives and their graphical similarity that could best exploit the OCR technology features and enhance the learning experience of a child through a unique gameplay. The game consists of 28 tangible primitives derived from a modular font. A sequence of letters to be taught to the users was decided and structured in order to reduce the complexity in recognition by the users. The game motivates and gives feedback using a set of animations. This prototype was then used to validate the proposed hypothesis. Through usability evaluation and user feedback, several iterations in design were made to reach the final game. During evaluation, users could play the game successfully with most of them being able to recognize and learn the given set of Devanagari letters easily. Future scope lies in developing a scalable game system and exhaustive evalution to make the game system more usable in terms of learning and engagement.