INTERPRETING HAND

SIGN INTO
TEXT

A Capstone Project Presented to the

Institute of Computer Studies
Colegio de Montalban
Rodriguez, Rizal

In partial fulfillment of the

requirements for the degree
Bachelor of Science in
Information Technology

ALBERT KYLE V. BUENAOBRA

ALDRIN D. DELABAJAN
JOENEL JR A. JACABA
MARIA KLEAN D. NEGRITE

February 2022

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 APPROVAL SHEET

This capstone project entitled INTERPRETING HAND SIGN INTO TEXT FOR
SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in partial fulfillment of the course requirements
for Bachelor of Science in Information Technology is prepared and submitted
by the Project Developers for corresponding oral examination.

Date of final defense JOSE PAULO DG. VALDEZ, BSCS

February 14,2022 Adviser

Approved in partial fulfillment of the course requirements for Bachelor

of Science in Information Technology by the Oral Examination Committee with
a group grade of ______.

_____________________________ _____________________________
NAME OF PANELIST NAME OF PANELIST
Member Member

_____________________________
NAME OF CHAIRMAN
Chairman

Accepted in partial fulfilment of the course requirements for Bachelor of

Science in Information Technology by the Oral Examination Committee.

ENGR. MEDILYN ELENA M. ALMAZAN

Date:02/14/2 Dean
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 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY

We hereby declare that this project and its documentation is our own

work and that, to the best of our knowledge and belief, it contains no

material previously made, written, and/or published by another person or

group of persons nor material to which to a substantial extent has been

accepted for award of any other degree or diploma of a university or other

institution of higher learning except where due acknowledgment is made in

the text.

We also declare that the intellectual content of this project and its

documentation is the product of our own work even though we may have

received assistance from others.

ALBERT KYLE V. BUENAOBRA

ALDRIN D. DELABAJAN

JOENEL JR A. JACABA

MARIA KLEAN D. NEGRITE

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 CERTIFICATE OF PROJECT READINESS

This is to certify that I have fully examined the developed project

entitled INTERPRETING HAND SIGN INTO TEXT of ALBERT KYLE V.

BUENAOBRA,

ALDRIN D. DELABAJAN, JOENEL JR A. JACABA, MARIA KLEAN D.

, and I have found out that the developed project complies with the

requirements as stated in their objectives and technical plan.

I, therefore, as their Capstone Project Technical Adviser, hereby

declare that this project is ready for final presentation for corresponding

oral examination.

Marjorie Mae C. Bascones

Technical Adviser

Date: February 14, 2022

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 DECLARATION OF CAPSTONE PROJECT COMPLETION

This is to certify that I have fully examined and checked the project
entitled INTERPRETING HAND SIGN INTO TEXT and have found that the
developed project complies with the requirements as stated in their objectives
and technical plan.

I, therefore, as their Capstone Project instructor, hereby declare that

this project is completed and is ready for demonstration with the project
developers’ community partners which would then lead to the conduct of
acceptability assessment.

JOSE PAULO DG. VALDEZ, MSIT Cand.

BS IT Program Head and
Capstone Project Instructor
Colegio de Montalban

Date: Feb 14, 2022

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Title Page…………………………………………………………… i

Approval Sheet……………………………………………………… ii

Certificate of Originality…………………………………………….. iii

Certificate of Project Readiness………………………………….. iv

Certificate of Project Completion………………………………… v

Table of Contents…………………………………………………… Vi

List of Figures……………………………………………………….. vii

List of Tables………………………………………………………… viii

1 THE PROJECT AND ITS BACKGROUND…………………. 1

Introduction……………………………………………….. 1

Project Context…………………………………………… 2

Purpose of the Project…………………………………… 2

Objectives…………………………………………........... 3

Scope and Limitations…………………………………… 3

Importance of the Study…………………………………

3
Technical Background…………………………………… 4

2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATUE, STUDIES, AND

SYSTEM …………………………………………………………
5

Synthesis of the Review…………………………………. 7

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3 EVALUATION, DESIGN, AND FRAMEWORK…………… 8

Discussion of Expected Output and Justification…….. 8

Operational Framework…………………………………. 8

Requirements Specification…………………………….. 10

Conceptual Framework…………………………………. 11

Definition of Terms………………………………………. 13

4 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY……………………………….. 14

Research Design…………………………………........... 14

Setting of the Study………………………………........... 14

Subject of the Study……………………………………... 16

Respondents of the Study………………………………. 16

Sources of Data………………………………………….. 16

Procedure of the Study………………………………….. 17

Statistical Treatment…………………………………….. 17

5 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION……………………………….. 18

Level of Acceptability of the Developed Interpreting

Hand Sign into Text with Respect to Purpose
Function……..…………………..………..………………
18

Level of Acceptability of the Developed Interpreting

Hand Sign into Text with Respect to Use……………..
20

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 Level of Acceptability of the Developed Interpreting
Hand Sign into Text with Respect to Durability and
Design……….……….……….……….……….………….
21

General Level of Acceptability of the Developed

Interpreting Hand Sign into
23
Text………………………………………………………..

6 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS………………. 24

Conclusion………………………………………………… 24

Recommendations……………………………………….. 24

Implementation Plan…………………………………….. 25

BIBLIOGRAPHY……………………………………………………. 26

APPENDIX………………………………………………………… 28
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A The Five Point Scale…………………………………………… 28

B Project Flow Chart …………………………………………….. 29

C Android Flow Chart…………………………………………….. 30

D Survey-Questionnaire…………………………………………… 31

E Source Code………………………………………………......... 35

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure Page

1 An Operational Framework Showing the Development

of Interpreting Hand Sign into Text
9
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2 A Conceptual Framework Showing the Development
and Acceptability of Interpreting Hand Sign into
Text……………………………………………………….
12

3 Vicinity Map of San Jose Elementary

School……………………………………………………….
15

LIST OF TABLES

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Table Page

1 Computed Weighted Mean of the Level of Validation

of the Developed Interpreting Hand Sign into Text with
Respect to Purpose and
Function…………………………………………………
18

2 Computed Weighted Mean of the Level of Validation

of the Developed Interpreting Hand Sign into Text with
Respect to
Use……………………………………………………….
20

3 Computed Weighted Mean of the Level of Validation

of the Developed Interpreting Hand Sign into Text with
Respect to Durability and
Design……………………………………………………...
21

4 Computed General Weighted Mean of the Level of

Validation of the Developed Interpreting Hand Sign
intoText……………………………………………………. 23

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