Sign language over a mobile phone

Deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans have been given hope to use sign language over a mobile phone, using American Sign Language. Apparently it's already working in Sweden and Japan with their own sign lanugage.


img from uni of washington website

A software developed by a team at University of Washington. It used video calling: a standard video compression tool to stay within the data transmission limit. Future versions with better quality are planned.

video is posted at youtube

more info at Uni of Washington website, Emerging technologyat ZDnet and at Physorg