Sunday, January 17, 2016

Speak Tagalog iOS App

Speaking Tagalog App is Fun
'SpeakTagalog' helps tourists and foreign students in the Philippines learn and speak Tagalog fast. It teaches the user conversational style of learning the Tagalog language instead of searching word meanings and phrases. Conversational data is stored locally on the iOS device using SQLite database so you don't have to be online to use the app.

This app was designed around table views who act as menus. Each cell of the table view further drills down to another menu until a detailed view is displayed. The final object of the view is another table view or a simple view.

As an example, the 'Introduction' is one of the main menu's features. Once 'Introduction' cell is selected or tapped another menu is displayed until a final view is displayed ('Introduction' -> 'Is It Filipino or Tagalog' -> detail view about the subject.)

The source of the table views or menus came from a SQLite database for iOS devices. All items (conversations, dictionaries, sections, and members) are stored in this local database so you don't have to be online to use the app.

The references came from at least 4 different books and online sources including google.com. I validated the words or phrases and their meanings then picked the best meanings, phrases, or sentences for this app.