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Another problem with Alexa as an OS here is Alexa, Siri, and OK Google will never work for some classes of disability. Myself I'm Deaf/Mute, so I can't talk to
by zie 10y ago
Another problem with Alexa as an OS here is Alexa, Siri, and OK Google will never work for some classes of disability. Myself I'm Deaf/Mute, so I can't talk to any of these things, or hear their responses, so they are 100% completely useless to me. There is a good reason text interfaces are so ubiquitous, they can easily be changed into Assistive Devices (like say spoken word for the blind).
- BatFastard 10y agoThat may be true, but really they are a interface to decision making logic( AI ). The AI looks for text to power it, that might be spoken word, or in your case in a few years I can see a camera reading your signing and having the ability to sign back to you.
- lazaroclapp 10y agoWould it sign back or simply display written text? Seems to me that signing back is just an artifact of the limitations of human body movements as an output channel... or are there many people who can read sign language faster than they can read letters? (honest question, I don't know the answer)
- dikdik 10y agoyes, many people can "read" sign faster than text. The language is not a 1-for-1 translation of English among other reasons.
- Splines 10y agoSometimes this goes horribly wrong: https://i.imgur.com/uxcATG6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/uxcATG6.jpg
- KMuncie 10y agoReading is entirely different for the deaf and is far inferior when compared to seeing something signed. Take a look at https://www.jw.org/ase https://www.jw.org/ase for an example of how a website can be tailored for the sign language community.
- roywiggins 10y agoSeems to me a full-body language has got to be much more expressive than text on a screen. Probably text-to-signing will be just as flat as with text-to-speech, but there's more room there for higher bandwidth than text.
- zie 10y agoYes, I agree with you.. but are there any applications built for the echo that also have a text based interface? Last I looked the answer was 0.
- skybrian 10y agoI haven't tried it, but I think Google's Allo lets you do similar things using a text chat interface?
- agumonkey 10y agoFunny I was thrilled at how smartphones could improve lives of blind people. I forgot that some people couldn't hear. Although there might be an efficient gesture/visual interface they can provide ?
- zie 10y agoDisabilities are varied! Deaf and Blind are just 2 of the many colored rainbow of the disability spectrum :)
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