Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Lingua Libre SignIt 2025 (ID: 22829803)
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Applicant Details
edit- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Yug
- Organization
Lingua Libre/SignIt
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
N/A
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Main Proposal
edit- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Lingua Libre SignIt 2025
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-11-15 - 2025-01-31
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
France
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Other (please specify) Lingua Libre - Wikimedia project dedicated to audio and video documentation of vocabularies, under open licence. Lingua Libre SignIt is a project valorizing Wikimedia's sign languages videos assets into a click-to-translate web extension. See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lingua_Libre/SignIt
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
We want to increase sign language literacy among the general public and help build a more inclusive society. Basic knowledge of sign language would be beneficial to all, sign languages can be used in various noisy settings and by various groups (baby sign language, deaf, hearing impaired, elders) at various steps of their lives. The web extension SignIt eases and assist users to discover sign languages vocabularies.
The project was one of the "Inspiring vision" lightening talks of Wikimania 2023. See https://www.youtube.com/live/48DX018po6Y?t=28826s
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
Different efforts are required to finish and publish the new web extension on Chrome and Firefox Web stores. We divide work among the two team members:
Kabir Singh (JS developer) : 15 workdays programming sprint, major tickets being...
- 2 days: #104 Add other sign languages (Armenian, Indonesian) [critical for project internationalization and growth]
- 3 days: #87 Popup>Settings with persistent memory on all browsers [critical bug]
- 2 days: #66 Change SPARQL query to Commons APIs for long term resilience
- 4 days: #1,#9 Migrate away from oojs and css bug (deep js and CSS revamp to avoid occasional UI collision)
- 3 days: Adapt code so it passes Chrome web store security requirements
- 1 days: Other smaller tickets
Hugo Lopez (project lead) : 8 workdays.
- 3 days: #85 Web store registration, management and publication on Chrome and Firefox web extension stores
- 1 day: #46 Update github documentation
- 2 days: Printable e-flyers design and call for translation
- 1 days: Mailing announcement to ~20 Wikimedia Chapters and few identified deaf community organisations.
- 1 day : Project administration and final report
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
Roles:
- Hugo Lopez : project lead. Hugo gives guidance, handles administrative tasks and reportings. He will publish the web extension on 2 web stores : Chrome web store and Firefox web stores. Hugo is a long term wikimedians, former Wikimedian in residence, Google Summer of Code mentor and a referent for Lingua Libre. The grant will pay Hugo 8 workdays, no other income are perceived.
- Kabir Singh : JS developer. Kabir find ways to implement new feature within the context of security-tightened web extensions. Kabir is a former Google Summer of Code intern for Lingua Libre SignIt which gives us confidence in the project. The grant will pay Kabir 15 workdays, no other income are perceived.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
Wikimedians and the larger public are expected to use the web extension with Wikimedia videos and Wiktionary informations in it.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
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- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
We shared with the Lingua Libre community, University of Toulouse, IRIS (deaf association in Toulouse), and other deaf contact our will to finish and publish this revamp of SignIt in early 2025, ideally January. Some member proposed alternative European Comission's research funding. But we think a small scale, agile, Wikimedia rapid grant would be more reactive and enough.
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Language
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Gender and diversity
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Disabilities
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Provide for Safety and Inclusion
Learning and metrics
edit- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
We want for SignIt to be used, and for Wikimedians and the general public to discuss the usage of Sign languages by wikimedians and non-deaf people. We argue sign language could enhance everybody's communication experience.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 2 | This is a development project, number of participants don't immediately applies.
The project encourage signers to video record signed words on Lingualibre.org which uploads videos files to Commons, and users to edit wiktionaries. |
| Number of editors | 2 | This is a development project, number of participants don't immediately applies.
The project encourage signers to video record signed words on Lingualibre.org which uploads videos files to Commons, and users to edit wiktionaries. |
| Number of organizers | 2 | This is a development project, number of participants don't immediately applies.
The project encourage signers to video record signed words on Lingualibre.org which uploads videos files to Commons, and users to edit wiktionaries. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | 1000 |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | 1000 |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
This is a development project, number of participants don't immediately applies. The project encourage signers to video record signed words on Lingualibre.org which uploads videos files to Commons, and users to edit wiktionaries.
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
Yes
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
Chrome and Firefox web store provide statistics on web extensions download and usages.
Financial proposal
edit- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
4500 EUR
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
5000 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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