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US teenagers
Hannah Lucas, 15, and her brother Charie, 13, have created an app called not OK.
People just need to pay $1.99(12.5 yuan) each month to use it.
Imagine
having a simple app(应用程序) that
works like: When you need help, just open the app, touch the "notOK" button
and a text message will be sent to five pre-selected(预先选定的)people, along with a location(位置)to show where
you are. The message reads, Hey, I'm not OK. Please call me, text me, or
come to find me."
Hannah
was inspired(启发) to create the app
during a dark time in her life last year. She suffered from a disease that caused
her to pass out at school. Other kids sometimes bullied (欺凌)her about this. She felt sad and wanted to find an app that would allow
her to get help when she wasn't feeling OK.
She asked
her brother Charlie, whose nickname is "Tech Support", to find such an
app. When they couldn't find they decided to create one themselves.
They came
up with some designs for the app first Charie took a programming class last summer
and built a website for the app. Hannah also shared her idea in her summer business
class. Some app developers showed interest and decided to help her.
Hannah
is happy that her app is helping others. "It makes everything I went through
last year worth it," she said.