ShoofChef • شوف شاف

شوف شاف is a mobile app that transforms Arabic menus to gorgeous visualizations to help tourists in their exotic local food selection. "I am on a see food diet. I see food, I eat it."

Problem Statement

• Provide users with a visual aid
• Encourage tourists to try local food
• Inform users about specific food allergies & diets

Hack Solution

Mobile app providing tourists a way to visualize Arabic menus. Main features include:

• Realtime visual aid of key Arabic dishes
• Description of ingredients
• Rating system of dishes
• Sharing on social media

Software Ingredients

• OCR Google Vision API
• NLP Python NLTK
• Google Image API
• Django Python
• Ionic Mobile App

Team Members

• Rumail Ali Memon | NYUAD • rm4631@nyu.edu
• Rania Fekih | National Institut of Applied Science and Technologie • raniafekih@hotmail.com
• Noor Zehra Naqvi | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya • noorzehra07@gmail.com

Disclaimer: Team members contributed to various parts of the hack. This breakdown is only a generalization.

User Interface & iOS App using Ionic

• Rania Fekih | National Institut of Applied Science and Technologie • raniafekih@hotmail.com

OCR Google Vision API & NLP Python NLTK

• Noor Naqvi | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya • noorzehra07@gmail.com
• Rumail Ali Memon | NYUAD • rm4631@nyu.edu

Mentors

• Dr. Nariman Ammar | BirZeit University • nammar@birzeit.edu
• Sama Kanbour | GE • k@ge.com
• Stephen Lang | Cornell Tech • steplang@gmail.com

Needs for Demo

• Projector for an iPhone
• Project laptop for PowerPoint presentation