Jeenie

An App to break language barriers by connecting users to linguists in real-time.

Jeenie is an app that gives its users access to a linguist to help ease communication between individuals in language barrier situations. These may include airports, taxis, hotel check-ins and even business-related circumstances in which the user requires a linguist to handle the unknown language aspect of the conversation.

The app features voice and video calls and the service automatically adapt to the connection settings of both end devices.

Teravision was selected to set a Dedicated Software Development Team to build the Jeenie application for Android and iOS.

Technologies used: React Native

Engagement Model:

Dedicated Software Development Team.

The Team:

This project became a Dedicated Software Development Team once the initial scope was completed because the client felt the need to iterate in newer designs for the application while maintaining core functionality.

The team assigned to this project was:

Scrum Master
QA
1 QA Tech Lead
· 1/2 QA Analyst
Development
Javascript Tech Lead
· 3 Full stack developers

Solution and Challenges.

The development was initially focused on iOS for a first release and, although the release date for the Android version was later, development and QA verification were done during the development cycle as well in order for the platform to maintain its parity.

The development process had to take into account both native components so the build process could be executed smoothly. This required a revision of the build process itself in order to complete both versions rapidly and by a strict deadline.

Once the initial scope of the project was met, the design of the application was changed several times by the request of the client to cover specific business needs.

Highlights

Automatic call enhancement. Tokbox integration to connect both ends of the call (publisher – publisher). The call featured video streaming and downgraded to only audio in case of a slower connection. A reconnecting flow was designed to exist between customers and the available linguist in case of unexpected disconnection on either end.
Optimized bug reporting. Instabug integration for faster and easier bug reporting inside of the application. The users only need to shake (gesture) the device to open instabug to report the bug in the current screen or view where it was found. The instabug instance was configured to log the username and ID of the reporter to facilitate the follow-up process.
Ramp-ups in software development. The need for ramp-ups in this dedicated team arose on short notice and there were trained resources on the bench available to accelerate and maintain development momentum, all in less than a week.

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