33 month ago
kayodeok : In what language do deaf people think? - He met a woman in her 90s who would sometimes slip into a reverie, her hands moving constantly. According to her daughter, she was thinking in Sign. "Even in sleep, I was further informed, the old lady might sketch fragmentary signs on the counterpane," S
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34 month ago
kayodeok : New cochlear implant could improve hearing - A ribbon-like cochlear implant developed at the University of Michigan could greatly improve hearing for profoundly deaf patients, and simplify insertion to help surgeons minimize damage to healthy ear tissue
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36 month ago
kayodeok : Online programme to get subtitles - The BBC is adding subtitles to the internet edition of its technology programme, Click Online. This will make the show more accessible to viewers with hearing impairments who have missed the broadcast on News 24 and BBC World
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37 month ago
kayodeok : My Bionic Quest for Bolero - He's been haunted by Ravel's masterpiece since he lost his hearing. A deaf man's pursuit of the perfect audio upgrade
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39 month ago
kayodeok : It's Bluetooth for the Ears: A Hearing Aid Takes Calls - New York Times - The ELI hearing aid from Starkey Laboratories uses the Bluetooth wireless technology now included with many cellphones to avoid interference by, in effect, moving the telephone into the hearing aid
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39 month ago
kayodeok : A movie about the deaf, but not for the deaf - Much to our dismay, we were shocked to learn that the film - a movie about a deaf person - would not be subtitled ...
Andy Baio : Documentary about deaf musicians released without closed captioning - movies about the deaf, not for the deaf [via]
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40 month ago
kayodeok : The mobile that slows down children’s chatter - By toggling a switch on the side of the phone, the mobile phone instantly converts all incoming voices to 70 per cent of their usual speed, making the words much easier for the listener to make out.
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40 month ago
kayodeok : Wired News: Hearing Aids for the Unimpaired - HearWear - The Future of Hearing, a new exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, shows off trendy deaf-tech prototypes like gadgets that can filter out annoying noises and memory glasses that replay the last few seconds of conversation -- handy
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40 month ago
kayodeok : ShareWear Badges - SHAREWEAR is a badge for people who want to be heard clearly by people using hearing aids. When the technology is ready, the badges will enable short distance transmission of the wearer's voice directly to the aid, overriding surrounding noises and impr
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41 month ago
kayodeok : Call for 'designer' hearing aids - The UK's largest charity for deaf people and a design magazine are launching an exhibition of futuristic hearing aids to make them more popular
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41 month ago
kayodeok : Speech recognition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Wikipedia's write-up on Speech Recognition
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kayodeok : Improvement of speech recognition by nonlinear noise reduction
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42 month ago
Isofarro : The day the movies died - Joe Clark's ongoing troubles with Famous Players ends in victory, but at a heavy cost.
kayodeok : The day the movies died - Joe Clark on his battle for accessible movies in Canada. I don't know what rights deaf movie goers have in the UK, I love movies but few are being closed-captioned so it isn't worth the experience for me, I just wait for the DVD
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42 month ago
kayodeok : Scientists create artificial cricket hair - "this research will help scientists understand the complex physics that crickets use to perceive their surroundings and could lead to a new generation of cochlear implants, for people with severe hearing problems, in the far future"
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43 month ago
kayodeok : Virtual signer for deaf web users - A "virtual signer" is to provide information to deaf people online
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44 month ago
Andy Baio : Podscope, full-text search engine for podcast audio - works surprisingly well, though only for words in its dictionary; plastic returns results, but not blog [via] [via]
kayodeok : Podscope - search inside podcasts - Apparently uses speech recognition technology to search inside podcasts. baby steps... but I am more interested in technology that will transcribe podcasts for the deaf.
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45 month ago
kayodeok : Lip-Readable Phones - More resources, images and links on Lip-Readable Phones
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45 month ago
kayodeok : 'Face' phone helps hearing impaired - Telephone conversations are difficult if you are hearing-impaired, but a group of scientists has created technology that makes things easier. Using automatic speech recognition technology, the Synface software - short for synthetic face - displays an anim
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