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

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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.

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