My Role
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The Problem
Learn with Uptone
Uptone App
Uptone+ Karaoke Machine
Understanding Our Scope
As students from different cultural backgrounds, we saw how language helps connect people and ideas. Many have different reasons to learn a language like personal enjoyment, culture, or travels.
Despite this, many people lose interest over time, so we wanted to learn why.
Source: Ethnologue
Surveying Language Learners
We surveyed 52 people and held 9 interviews on their experiences with learning new languages.
Our Findings
Many tried learning a language in the past but stopped due to a lack of time or resources.
They struggle to apply what they've learned because they aren't taught local slang and dialects.
Most felt restricted to learn with little time and are unable to set their own pace.
In our interviews, we found that most people enjoyed listening to music in other languages. We wanted to explore the idea of incorporating music into learning,
We looked into other apps that used this approach and found a lack of pronunciation feedback and interactivity to keep users motivated.
Our Opportunity Areas
Pronunciation Practice
Help users practice their pronounciation with speech recognition.
Interactive Engagement
Making learning fun through interactive lessons and songs they enjoy.
Community Hub
Incorporating a space for learners to practice and talk directly to native speakers.
During this phase of the project, we worked on expanding our concept into fully interactive prototypes. We put our focus into a mobile platform, which our users would be mainly interacting with and would provide them with songs they like to learn a language to.
User Testing
We tested 6 different users during 2 rounds of task-based testing while navigating through the prototype. After getting feedback we were able to apply these changes.
Design System
We defined a clear style guide in order to create a cohesive experience that aligns with our brand identity and message.
Context is crucial in reducing cognitive load.
Paying attention to consistency keeps the design cohesive and easy to predict.
Communication is key when it comes to collaboration in a team, leading to more innovative and effective designs.
