[Electronics-talk] Computer Usage For Deaf Persons

[Jude DaShiell]

I do volunteer work for southern maryland applied research technology 
consortium in addition to working for the federal government.  One 
night, a deaf woman needed to be contacted because her computer had been 
repaired and was ready for pick up.  Nobody at smartco had text 
messaging on their phone except me.  So me and a supervisor sent the 
message using my cell phone.  It turns out the lady was in Puerto Rico 
at the time and we got a response back in 30 seconds.

On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, Sandy wrote:

> Thanks, Annette.  Twice I have used my computer to communicate with deaf
> people.  Once was when a deaf woman came to buy Braille paper for her
> deaf-blind client, the other time I conversed that way with a deaf-blind woman
> and I needed to make the print on my screen quite big.  Anyway, I would type,
> it enter, hands off keyboard, they type I listen, etc.  Since many use TTY's I
> thought that a good plan.  Now more people use video chat.
> 
> 
> Sandy
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 10:24 PM
> To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'"
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Computer Usage For Deaf Persons
> 
> > Besides utilizing the visual indicators in Windows to indicate an auditory
> > signal, I'm not coming up with another way that computers need to be adapted
> > for someone who has a hearing impairment.  However, there are a number of
> > ways in which a computer can be used to give a person with a hearing
> > impairment access to communication.  Some examples are:
> >
> >
> >
> > .         Internet based TTY and captioned telephone service.
> >
> > .         Video Phone with ASL interpreting
> >
> > .         Remote Conference Captioning
> >
> > .         Real-Time Captioning
> >
> > .         Video Relay Interpreting
> >
> >
> >
> > There is a software programs that some of my students at the university used
> > that was called iCommunicator.  This program utilizes both speech to text
> > and text to speech technology.  The voice of a hearing person is converted
> > to "Signed Exact English", as well as text that is displayed on the screen
> > and spoken out loud.  The person who is deaf is able to type what they want
> > to say and have it displayed on the screen and spoken out loud.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > There is a stand-a-lone device called a UbiDuo.  This device is made up of 2
> > identical units that each include a QWERTY keyboard and a display.  It is
> > sort of like having an Instant Messenger conversation between a person who
> > is hearing impaired and a hearing person, but they are face-to-face.
> >
> >
> >
> > If you or your friend have any additional questions, let me know how to
> > contact you off-line.
> >
> >
> >
> > hTH,
> >
> > Annette
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > Behalf Of Nicholas Robertson
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 8:29 PM
> > To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [Electronics-talk] Computer Usage For Deaf Persons
> >
> >
> >
> > A coworker saw me using JAWS. He then mentioned he had a hearing impaired
> > daughter, and wondered if there was an equivalent software package that made
> > computers accessible for deaf people like JAWS does for us. Any feedback?
> >
> >
> >
> > Nicholas S. Robertson
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
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