Cell Phones Adapted for Sign Language Will Have Clearer, Faster Video (fwd link)

[Rolland Nadjiwon]

  Phillip...thanks so much for all the great postings. I receive 
comments from re-posts on how informative they are to educators and 
indigenous people. Keep up the good work.

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wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon
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"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is
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On 23/08/2010 2:19 PM, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote:
> Cell Phones Adapted for Sign Language Will Have Clearer, Faster Video
>
> Published: Monday, August 23, 2010 11:02 AM EST
> Author: Ann Delphus
>
> About five years ago, electrical engineers at Cornell and the 
> University of Washington (UW) began developing software for video 
> compression to enable hearing-and speech-impaired individuals to 
> converse by smart phones using American Sign Language (ASL). The 
> resulting phone app, MobileASL, was recently put to the test when 11 
> students in a UW summer program for the deaf and hard-of-hearing were 
> issued phones and were urged to use them. Early results of the field 
> testing have been quite favorable. UW professor Eve Riskin, principle 
> investigator of the project, told us that she and other members of the 
> research team hope the new software will be widely available within a 
> year or two.
>
> Access full article below:
> http://news.inventhelp.com/Articles/Electronics/Inventions/mobileasl-12445.aspx
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