Wearable Technology Application for Banjar Language Translator to Support Ease of Communication: Prototyping and Sustainability Opportunities

Language differences are one of the obstacles to communication. Especially if you use certain regional languages such as Banjar Language. Banjar Language is the mother tongue used by the Banjar tribe in South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. South Kalimantan is known as an area that has promising tourism potential and is the main gateway of the new nation's capital city. This causes many tourists to visit (overtourism). Tourists will face obstacles when communicating with local residents of Banjar. The purpose of this research is to produce a prototype of a tool in the form of a wearable technology-based translator application, using speech recognition with Python programming, then investigate the usability and sustainability opportunities of the prototype that has been made. A total of 200 respondents have been involved consisting of domestic tourists and local residents of Banjar, these respondents were involved in exploring needs and when evaluating usability. The results show that the prototype that has been made provides usability and is feasible to proceed to the implementation stage, as a means to help tourists from the archipelago and local residents of Banjar to communicate and also transact.