VT222 : Making Regional Language Translator Apps for EyeCare Professionals-Tamil, Bangla, Telugu, Malayalam”.

Dr.John Davis Akkara, Dr.Anju Kuriakose, Dr.Devika Bhattacharya, Dr.Davis J Akkara

The authors made a few regional language translator apps for eyecare professionals to use while conversing with patients who know only that language. Four regional languages were chosen for the first trial : Tamil, Bangla, Telugu, Malayalam.

The free Apps were made on Android platform using Phonegap, a mobile App programming environment.

Based on feedback from ophthalmologists and optometrists, updates were made, more words and phrases added, sections created and reorganised.

The updated Apps were circulated on social media and feedback is being collected for further improvements.

The authors hope to use these apps to help eyecare professionals across the country to communicate with patients only familiar with specific regional languages.