Fassarar Soundscape zuwa Hausa — wasu tambayoyi

Ku aika amsoshinku ta imel zuwa soundscapeAndroid@scottishtecharmy.support, kuma ku rubuta harshen a cikin taken imel ɗin.

Hausa translation — questions for native-speaker reviewers. This sheet is bilingual on purpose: the Hausa below was machine-written, so the English lines are there in case it’s unclear.

Sannu, kuma mun gode da amincewa ku duba wannan. Hello, and thank you for agreeing to look at this.

An yi fassarar Hausa ba tare da taimakon mai jin harshen ba, don haka ra’ayinku yana da matuƙar muhimmanci. Ba sai kun san manhajar ko kun saka ta ba: a kowace tambaya an rubuta lokacin da ake jin rubutun, abin da yake faɗa da Turanci, da yadda yake a Hausa yanzu. The Hausa was made without a native speaker. You don’t need to know or install the app: each question says when you hear the text, the English, and how it sounds in Hausa now.

Menene Soundscape?

What is Soundscape?

Soundscape manhaja ce ta waya kyauta ga makafi da masu raunin gani. Ana amfani da ita yayin tafiya da ƙafa, da abin sauraro a kunne, waya sau da yawa tana cikin aljihu. Ba ta ba da umarni mataki-mataki kamar na’urar hanya (“juya hagu”) ba; tana faɗa da murya abin da ke kusa, domin mutum ya gane inda yake da kansa. A free phone app for blind and partially sighted people, used while walking with headphones, phone often in a pocket. It doesn’t give turn-by-turn directions; it says aloud what’s nearby so people can orient themselves.

Wasu kalmomi da ke cikin tambayoyin: Some terms used in the questions:

• Sanarwa (callout): gajeren saƙon murya game da abin da kuke wucewa, misali “Gidan shayi”, “Titin ƙafa kusa da Titin Zaria” ko “Ana nufin arewa ta Titin Zaria”. Ana jin ta daga inda abin yake. A short spoken message about something you pass, heard from its direction.
• Siginar Sauti (audio beacon): idan kun zaɓi wurin da za ku je, sauti mai maimaituwa yana fitowa a kunne daga inda wurin yake. Idan kun juya, sautin ma yana “motsawa”, don haka za a iya zuwa wurin ta hanyar ji. A repeating sound from the direction of your destination; it moves as you turn, so you can walk there by ear.
• Alama da tafarki (marker, route): wuraren da aka ajiye, da jerinsu da siginar sauti ke bi da ku ɗaya bayan ɗaya. Saved places, and a sequence of them the beacon leads you through.

Makafi suna amfani da waya ta mai karanta allo (TalkBack a Android, VoiceOver a iPhone): murya ta na’ura ce ke karanta kowane maɓalli da kowane rubutu. Don haka ana jin rubutun manhajar kusan kullum, ba karanta su ba, sau da yawa cikin hayaniyar titi. Abu mafi muhimmanci shi ne su zama gajeru, a fili, kuma na halitta idan an ji su. Blind users hear everything through a screen reader, often in street noise, so short, clear and natural when heard matters most.

Ƙarin bayani (da Turanci) yana wannan shafin.

Yadda za ku amsa

How to reply

Ku amsa ta imel, ku rubuta lambar tambaya (“Q2: …”). Ba sai kun amsa duka ba. Reply by email quoting the question number. You don’t need to answer everything.

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Q1 — Gaba ɗaya (Overall)

Tambaya: Shin Hausar manhajar ana fahimtarta, ko tana kama da fassarar na’ura? Misalan da ke sama (“Ana nufin arewa ta Titin Zaria”, “Yanzu kana iya jin siginar sauti”) duk daga manhajar suke. Is the app’s Hausa understandable, or does it read like machine translation? The examples above are all real app text.

Q2 — “Matsayi” (Waypoint)

Lokacin da ake ji: yayin bin tafarki. Manhajar tana sanar da ku idan kun kai kowane wurin tsayawa a kan tafarkin. While following a route; the app tells you when you reach each stop on it.

Da Turanci: “Waypoint”, “Route Home at waypoint 2 of 5”.

Yadda yake yanzu: “Tafarki Gida a matsayi 2 daga cikin 5”; “ƙara wannan alama a matsayin matsayi a tafarkinka”. Wasu wurare suna cewa “Tasha ta gaba”.

Abin da ke damun mu: “matsayi” yana nufin “matsayi/matsayin” a wasu jimloli, kuma “tasha” ma ana amfani da ita. «matsayi» also means “position/as”, which gives «a matsayin matsayi»; and «tasha» is used in some places too.

Tambaya: Wace kalma ce ta fi dacewa ga wurin tsayawa a kan tafarki? Which word best means a stop on a route?

Q3 — “Sanarwa” da “Siginar Sauti” (Callout, Beacon)

Lokacin da ake ji: “sanarwa” sunan gajerun saƙonnin murya ne (misali a saituna: “Sanarwowi Kai Tsaye”). “Siginar Sauti” yana kan maɓallai da cikin koyarwa: “Yanzu kana iya jin siginar sauti. Tana kaɗawa daga alkiblar wurin da kake zuwa.” «sanarwa» names the short spoken messages; «Siginar Sauti» is on buttons and in the tutorial.

Da Turanci: “Callout”, “Automatic Callouts”; “Audio Beacon”.

Abin da ke damun mu: na’ura ce ta zaɓi waɗannan kalmomin. Both terms were chosen by machine translation.

Tambaya: Suna da kyau? Idan ba haka ba, me za ku ce? Are they natural? If not, what would you say?

Q4 — “Titin X, ta juya hagu” (Description or instruction?)

Lokacin da ake ji: a mahaɗar hanya, manhajar tana faɗin inda kowane titi ya nufa. At a junction, the app says where each road goes.

Da Turanci: “Titin Zaria, goes left”.

Yadda yake yanzu: “Titin Zaria, ta juya hagu”.

Abin da ke damun mu: yana iya kama da umarni (“ku juya hagu”). It may sound like an instruction to turn.

Tambaya: Umarni ne, ko bayanin inda titin ya nufa? Akwai hanya mafi kyau? Instruction or description? Is there a better way?

Q5 — Girmamawa (Register)

Lokacin da ake ji: a duk manhajar. Throughout the app.

Yadda yake yanzu: wasu wurare suna amfani da “ku” (“Kun shirya!”), wasu kuma da “ka/kana” (“Yanzu kana iya jin siginar sauti”). Some strings use respectful plural «ku», others singular «ka/kana».

Tambaya: Wanne ya kamata a yi amfani da shi ko’ina? Which should be used everywhere?

Q6 — Sunayen maɓallai huɗu (The four home-screen buttons)

Lokacin da ake ji: a ƙasan babban allo akwai maɓallai huɗu, kuma taimako da koyarwa suna ambatonsu da suna. Four buttons at the bottom of the home screen, named in the help and the tutorial.

Da Turanci: “My Location”, “Around Me”, “Ahead of Me”, “Nearby Markers”.

Yadda yake yanzu: maɓallan suna cewa “Matsayi Na”, “Kewaye Na”, “Gaba Na”, “Alamomi Kusa”; taimako yana cewa “Inda Nake”, “Kewaye da Ni”, “Abin da ke Gabana”, “Alamomin Kusa”; koyarwa tana cewa “Gaba da Ni”, “Alamomi Kusa da Ni”. The buttons, the help and the tutorial each use different names.

Abin da ke damun mu: kowane maɓalli ya kamata ya sami suna ɗaya kawai, kuma “Matsayi Na” yana amfani da kalmar da muke amfani da ita ga “waypoint”. Each button should have one name, and «Matsayi Na» reuses the Waypoint word.

Tambaya: Wadanne sunaye ne suka fi dacewa ga maɓallan huɗu? Kuma ga “Snooze”, “Hutawa” ko “Jinkirtawa”? Which names are best for the four buttons? And for Snooze, «Hutawa» or «Jinkirtawa»?

Q7 — Matakan bayani huɗu (Four detail levels, renamed 2026-09-30)

Lokacin da ake ji: a cikin saituna, inda ake zaɓa ta hanyar saurare yawan abin da manhajar za ta faɗa yayin tafiya. In the settings, where you choose by ear how much the app says as you walk.

Da Turanci: “Detailed / Simplified / Essential / Silent”

Yadda yake yanzu: Cikakke / Sauƙaƙe / Muhimmi / Shiru. “Sauƙaƙe” yana tsallake ƙananan hanyoyi kuma yana maimaita ƙasa; “Muhimmi” yana sanar da tituna, mahaɗar hanyoyi da wuraren da aka sani kawai. Simplified skips minor paths and repeats less; Essential only calls out streets, junctions and landmarks.

Abin da ke damun mu: yanzu muka canza sunayen matakai biyu na tsakiya. A da sun kasance “Daidaito” da “Kaɗan”, amma masu jin wasu harsuna sun ga sunayen Turanci na da ba su da sauƙin fahimta. Mu ne muka zaɓi sababbin sunayen, ba mai jin Hausa a matsayin harshen uwa ba. We have just renamed the middle two, which were «Daidaito» and «Kaɗan»: speakers of other languages found the old English names unclear. We chose the new names, not a Hausa speaker.

Tambaya: Shin matakan huɗu suna da sauƙin bambancewa da fahimta idan aka ji su? Za ka ba wa biyun na tsakiya wasu sunaye? Are the four easy to tell apart by ear? Would you name the middle two differently?

Q8 — “ƙara mai ƙarar sauti” (The beacon’s higher-pitched ring)

Lokacin da ake ji: a cikin Tambayoyin da Ake Yawan Yi, inda aka bayyana siginar sauti. In the FAQ answer that explains the audio beacon.

Da Turanci: “you will hear a higher-pitched ring sound”

Yadda yake yanzu: “za ku ji sautin ƙara mai ƙarar sauti” “you will hear the sound of a loud noise”

Abin da ke damun mu: a Turanci, sautin ya fi siriri (higher pitch), ba ya fi ƙarfi ba. “ƙara mai ƙarar sauti” yana nufin sauti mai ƙarfi, kuma “ƙara” na iya nufin “ƙarawa”. In English the sound is higher in pitch, not louder. This says “loud”, and «ƙara» can also mean “add”.

Tambaya: yaya za a faɗi wannan a Hausa: sauti mai siririn murya, kamar ƙaramar ƙararrawa? How would you say it: a thin, high sound, like a small bell?

Q9 — Wani abu kuma? (Anything else)

Idan wata jimla ta yi kama da fassara daga Turanci, ta yi tsayi, ko ba a fahimce ta ba, ku faɗa mana. Anything that sounds translated, too long or unclear, please tell us.

Mun gode sosai!