[Electronics-talk] Computer Usage For Deaf Persons

[Annette Carr]

Video Chat can work well for 2 people who communicate via the same type of
sign language.  That is who Video Relay Service works with Video Phone
technology.

Annette


-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Sandy
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 11:53 PM
To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Computer Usage For Deaf Persons

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

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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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