'Giving voice to the voiceless'

This news appeared in The Daily Star of 20th. September, where it said that a Canadian born Bangladeshi IT engineer Tarik Sayeed has made a device to help the mute and deaf people communicate through their sign language. The device, a small, silver and three-inch rectangle, translates hand gestures into text and voice.

It all happened when Tarik saw a girl in a shop who was telling the shopkeeper what she wanted in her sign language but, regrettably, the shopkeeper did not understand her language, and so the girl had to leave the shop without getting what she wanted and with tears in her eyes. This incident upset Tarik very much and he started to think what he could do to help the deaf and mute population. He started a project with two of his friends in Bangladesh and became successful in making a device. Tarik started his own company and he is all set to launch the product in the market. We all hope that Tarik gets the desired results and serves the mute population.

Humayun Hyder
Zikatola, Dhaka