OkanWatch

An Apple Watch app that helps deaf and hard-of-hearing users sense surrounding sounds through color and vibration patterns. Converts ambient sound rhythm and volume into visual and haptic feedback.

Technologies

Key Outcomes

• Provides sound awareness for deaf and hard-of-hearing users
• Converts audio signals to visual and haptic feedback
• Developed during internship at AXELL CORPORATION

Technical Challenges

Designing effective haptic patterns that convey meaningful sound information without causing alert fatigue, while optimizing battery consumption on Apple Watch.

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