Archive for the ‘High Technology News’ Category
BMW Night Vision Car!!!!
Posted in High Technology News on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Technique links words to signing
Posted in Deaf Education, High Technology News, Mass Media, Sign Language Service on September 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Technology that translates spoken or written words into British Sign Language (BSL) has been developed by researchers at IBM.
The system, called SiSi (Say It Sign It) was created by a group of students in the UK.
SiSi will enable deaf people to have simultaneous sign language interpretations of meetings and presentations.
It uses speech recognition to animate [...]
IBM develops virtual deaf interpreter
Posted in High Technology News, Mass Media, sign language on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
HURSLEY, England (AP) – Here’s a productive twist on the animated characters known as avatars that carry out fantasies in virtual computer worlds. IBM Corp. researchers have developed an avatar that can translate spoken words into sign language.
The technology is meant for use in the real world and could be useful [...]


