Authors : Rahmat D.R. Dako, Wrastawa Ridwan and Dakia N. Djou
Abstract: The decreasing of Gorontalo language users make the lack of people who can understand the language. Therefore, efforts are needed so that Gorontalo language can maintained its existence as regional cultural preservation efforts. The application of Natural Language Processing (NLP) for handling this problem includes the text language translator application. This research aimed at designing a text translator application Indonesia-Gorontalo language and vice versa can be used on android-based devices. The method of this research is prototype that enables the research to be developed either to increase the translation accuracy or to develop the software technology. The result obtained from this research is the application that is designed to have the size of 1,329 KB, so it is relatively easy to distribute via. the user. Furthermore, in order to know the level of acceptance of its use in the community then in this research conducted usability testing to measure the usability aspect, namely: effectiveness, efficiency and user satisfaction. This test uses a questionnaire System Usability Scale (SUS). The test results obtained usability level overview of the subjective point of view users with a score of 70.900. Android-based text translator is expected to assist the public in learning Gorontalo language and ultimately help the preservation of the local language.
Rahmat D.R. Dako, Wrastawa Ridwan and Dakia N. Djou, 2017. Design and Usability Testing of Android-Based Application Indonesia-Gorontalo Language Translator. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 4772-4777.