SignWales launches videophone
SignWales, a Cardiff-based social enterprise set up by the Deaf Association of Wales and Deaf Studies Trust, has developed a 'videophone' to help deaf people communicate with people in the hearing community.
Jim Kyle, project director at SignWales said, “In Wales, there are around 2,400 deaf members of the deaf community who use sign language.
“Around 1,200 households will benefit immediately from a videophone. Since deaf people tend to have hearing children and relatives and since they will also need to have videophones at work and in public places the user group rises to around 4,000.
“If we include hard-of-hearing people, who do not use sign language but who cannot use a voice telephone effectively there are at least another 150,000 users."
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Another great option is the ACN Iris 3000 video phone. It works world wide and allows unlimited calling between video phones in the network for only a very low monthly fee.
Posted by: Todd Thompson | November 7, 2008 02:25 AM
This is another great development for Deaf BSL users allowing them to communicate freely from their homes with other BSL users. But what do they do when they go to see their doctor or hospital A&E? Did you know SignTranslate is available free in every doctors surgery in England? It's a web based service which translates questions in English into BSL video clips for the patient. It even gives the patient and doctor almost instant access to live BSL interpreters via a small webcam. My friend says it's brilliant for short notice, unsupported appointments when an interpreter is not available. There is a free demo service available at www.signtranslate.com
Posted by: John Bennett | January 12, 2009 05:40 PM
This is another great development for Deaf BSL users allowing them to communicate freely from their homes with other BSL users. But what do they do when they go to see their doctor or hospital A&E? Did you know SignTranslate is available free in every doctors surgery in England? It's a web based service which translates questions in English into BSL video clips for the patient. It even gives the patient and doctor almost instant access to live BSL interpreters via a small webcam. My friend says it's brilliant for short notice, unsupported appointments when an interpreter is not available. There is a free demo service available at www.signtranslate.com
Posted by: John Bennett | January 12, 2009 06:50 PM
Technology really has become completely integrated to our existence, and I can say with 99% certainty that we have passed the point of no return in our relationship with technology.
I don't mean this in a bad way, of course! Ethical concerns aside... I just hope that as the price of memory falls, the possibility of uploading our brains onto a digital medium becomes a true reality. It's one of the things I really wish I could encounter in my lifetime.
(Submitted using FFOpera for R4i Nintendo DS.)
Posted by: bandsxbands | February 8, 2010 08:25 PM