Take a look the least 4 minute video clip what iCommunicator can do for deaf and hard-of-hearing:
Is iCommunicator worth or not? I have seen this display through my eyes before at our corporation meeting for disabilities a year ago in 2006. This software device looks very nice, but I came up in my mind the software have several disadvantages hit hard:
Speech to Text: It lacks translates in real-time, having recognition errors from speech recognition into Text if there’s disturbed noise. Another problem is you have to persuade people to wear the microphone to have conservation. Using speech recognition can be very tiring and irritating.
Speech/Text to Video Sign Language: The videos are then played one by one, without any further sentence prosody. Even worse, it does not sign pure ASL, but Signed Exact English (SEE) at best. Also I believe this doesn’t account for context, could lead to isolation without grammar including facial expression. Like I said above, you can afford to lose the people’s affection by using communicate between iCommunicator software tools.
Ultra expensive: $6,499 per software kit. However, EnableMart sells the advised training for an additional $125 an hour. Of course, it is not free, not being having easy money to spend. Unfortunately, iCommunicator business case may actually rest sales to hearing people in corporation or organizations who wish to reduce or entirely avoid the cost of interpreters for the Deaf workers.
Morgan Greene’s last words in this video clip:
Before, I knew I would not have much of a chance to get a higher job. So, I was majoring in a lower job, like mechanics. But now, I have been majoring for a higher job like computer programming and the computer field because now I know I have more chances. iCommunicator has helped me a lot!
It could be Morgan’s ability to succeed the major with his iCommunicator, but I accomplished my bachelor’s degree, majoring in computer [web] programming field and landed into my corporation job without having iCommunicator.
What a hall of shame.
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Kokonut Pundits posted similar ones in this entry in Sept 2006.
Posted by daveynin | April 9, 2007 10:09 PM