Dedicated to providing accessible dietary information to people who have a language barrier between their family or community.
Learn how to read nutrition facts labels, how to read ingredient lists, and understand common sugar substitutes. Accessibility is provided by offering numerous language options translated by proficient or native speakers. The information presented is backed by health professionals.
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What's Diauge?
Diauge (dee-oj) is dedicated to providing accessible dietary information to people who have a language barrier between their family or community. Our website will showcase how to read nutrition facts labels, how to read ingredient lists, and how to identify common sugar ingredients. We provide accessibility by offering numerous language options translated by proficient or native speakers. Moreover, to ensure the credibility of our work, we partnered with health professionals who guided us along the way.
Our name’s background: “Di” comes from “diabetes,” and “auge” comes from “language” (rearranged for aesthetics). The full name is Diauge, and it is pronounced as dee-oj.
Thank you for your support and for sharing our website with your community!
Our name’s background: “Di” comes from “diabetes,” and “auge” comes from “language” (rearranged for aesthetics). The full name is Diauge, and it is pronounced as dee-oj.
Thank you for your support and for sharing our website with your community!
Background
Hello! My name is Vanessa Li, and I’m the founder of Diauge. I started this project after an attempt to explain the nutrition facts on the back of a cereal box to my diabetic grandpa. With my lack of Taishanese (a Chinese dialect), I couldn’t properly convey what I wanted to say. Later that night, I decided to create Diauge—researching and designing a website with the desire to make dietary information more accessible while helping others overcome the language barrier.
This website was made possible by Kasra Beheshti, Technical Director of Diauge, and Aakarsh Pasi, Web Developer of Diauge. The health professionals and translators were additionally a big part in bringing this vision to reality.
This website was made possible by Kasra Beheshti, Technical Director of Diauge, and Aakarsh Pasi, Web Developer of Diauge. The health professionals and translators were additionally a big part in bringing this vision to reality.
