JOIV : International Journal on Informatics Visualization
Vol 1, No 4 (2017)

Development Of A Multilingual System To Improved Automated Teller Machine Functionalities In Uganda

Stephen Gbenga Fashoto (University of Swaziland, Swaziland)
Gabriel Ogunleye (Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria)
Patrick Okullu (Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda)
Akeem Shonubi (Caleb University, Imota, Nigeria)
Petros Mashwama (University of Swaziland, Swaziland)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Nov 2017

Abstract

This paper presented a new multilingual language for Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in Uganda which serves as an extension to the existing Languages. The existing ATMs have only English, Kiswahili and Luganda as the only available languages. Hence, findings revealed that there are still some prevalent languages e.g. Ateso language that are widely spoken among the people of Uganda which the present ATMs in the country have not captured. The objective of this paper was to propose the integration of the new language (Ateso language) to the existing languages. In this paper, a new language was adopted when it was realized that some people especially in the Buganda region could not manage to interact with the ATMs because they were illiterate. The developed multilingual system prototype was tested using some empirical data and was found to successfully imitate ATM transactions in the local Uganda languages. The results of the study supported the positive impacts on customers that reside in the rural areas since its improved interaction of more users on the ATMs. This paper demonstrated the use of Ateso language for different transactions on the ATM system. The implementation by the banking institutions can aid the ATM users to make more flexible decisions on the usage of the ATM machines.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

joiv

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT

Description

JOIV : International Journal on Informatics Visualization is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to interchange for the results of high quality research in all aspect of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology and Visualization. The journal publishes state-of-art ...