I wish some of these people that create modren communication devices would loose their hearing then use their knowedge to create technologies for the deaf.
I know that's a kind of mean thing for me to wish someone harm (Not that being deaf is harmful but it would take an accident or illness to cause a hearing person to loose their hearing). But I get frustrated when I see so many technologies out there that could help us deaf but not many of them put the technologies together to help the deaf. I mean the technologies are already out there. All they have to do it put them together and make the devices to use these technologies with.
Could you imagine if the creators of the iPhone lost their hearing? They would then have the desire to create the ultimate mobile device for the deaf.
Let me give you an example of tehnologies that already exist but no one seems to be taking full advantage of them or putting them together to be most helpful to us deaf people.
This is an idea I've had for a few years now. I'm not knowledgable enough to create this device myself and so far I haven't been able to find anyone to take it seriously enough to work with me on it. And I've contacted some top companies on this matter already and got very little responce. Why? because they are not deaf themselves so they don't understand the significance this would have o deaf people.
My device idea
First let me tell you what caused me to think of this idea. I sometimes give lectures on magic to magicians. On my computer I have a speech to text program called Dragon Naturally Speaking. I'm sure you've heard of this but in case you haven't it's a voice recognisiton program that when you talk into a microphone it'll turn spoken words into text that can be read on a computer screeen. How I use this in my lecture is when someone asks me a question I have a friend repeat it into the computer microphone so I can read it on the computer. So basically it's real time closed captionig. This technology has been used to help the deaf but not to it's fullest ability.
Here's a youtube video demonstrating what this Dragon Naturally Speaking program is and how it works. The technology isn't perfect yet but it works pretty well. It's improving though.
Ok so now you know what caused me to come up with the falllowing idea. Imagine if you put this program in a small mobile computer that you can carry around with you. You'd be able to get "real time ad live Closed captioning anywhere you go.
How to read the text on the go
On device display.Now we have the problem of how to read the words that are turned to text with this device. The easier method could be for the defive to simply have a screen you can read from. For example imagine if this voice to text technology was installed in an iPhone. You'd be able to simply read what they say on the iPhone screen.
Micro Display. How about a microp display that you wear over your eye that creates the illusion of a large screen floating in front of you. Click here to see an image of one. This would allow you to see the real time CC while still looking at the person you are talking to. How about actually being able to go to a movie theater and this display will cause the CC to float in front of the movie screen. That would be awesome.
Braille. How about if we learn to read braille. They make mobile braille monitors and they are working on something called Tactile Displays. This will allow you to feel braille by electronic pulse rather then pins poking up. So if you knew how to read braille and wear a tactile display. The voice recognisiton would turn the speech into text and you'd be able to read it with you finger and not even have to look away from who or what you are listening to.
Now some of you will argue that voice recognition technology isn't good enough for this use yet. While I agree it does need some improvement, it's already good enough to be useful for us. Right now the technology needs to learn the persons speech for it to be fairly accurate. The person who uses it has to speak into the microphone and the programs learns to recognise their speech. Then that persons voise is stored in the program.
But think about this. How many people do you talk to on a day to day basis? For most people this would be their family and friends. Well, the voice to text program stores at least a 100 voices that it can recognise. So that's plenty for mos people. And if you need to talk to someone who's voice is't stored on your program. Then your friends and family become interpreters and they won't even have to sign. ALl they'll have to do is repeat it to you and you'll be able to read it.
The technology is advancing though. Someday, and I hope it's soon, the voice recognition technology will be so advanced that it would only be abe to read anyone speech. It'll be able to read and identify sounds as well. For example someday it'll not only tell you that the sound of a bird is heard. It'll also tell you what kind of bird made the noise. We'll be able to use it to make phone calls with no relay operator. If we want to watch a movie or TV show the technology will provide you with ever word and sound that is heard.
I do see a bright future for us dead when it comes to technology. I just wish it would hurry up and get here.
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