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Very cool Is there one for deaf people? i.e. converse over video and text

bluGill 6y ago
I don't know of any apps, but 20 years ago at least there were state run services for this. You call a number and someone will translate between your voice call and the ttd that the deaf use. (20 years ago a friend of mine worked for such a service, we have both moved on but I assume the service still exists)
wnissen 6y ago
It's a free government service in the US. 711 is the number for the relay service from TDD - voice. Unfortunately it is sometimes abused.
- gowld 6y ago
  My understanding is that it's majority abuse -- people outside USA using it to call electronics stores to try to make fruadulent orders (to the point where stores refuse service to TDD users), and phone companies collecting huge fees for running the service.
LeoPanthera 6y ago
There's a little-known feature of iOS called "sound recognition" that constantly listens and pops up an alert when it recognizes certain sounds that need attention, such as a crying baby, doorbell, or siren. https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/sound-recognition-iphf2dc33312/ios https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/sound-recognition-iph... I'm not deaf but I can imagine that being very useful.
- jack_riminton 6y ago
  Wow that’s actually pretty cool. Would be useful for hearing people too if they’re wearing headphones
- dundercoder 6y ago
  Lots of false positives still, but I think it will get better.
elil17 6y ago
There's of remote sign language interpretation and real time captioning services available. In the US, we have publicly funded video relay service (which translates between sign language and English for phone calls) and captioned calling (which provides captions for telephone calls). There are commercial equivalents of these services available for in person interactions and other countries. Gallaudet, a college for Deaf students, even has videophone booths you can use for video relay service: https://createyourworldbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/download-1.jpg https://createyourworldbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/d...

I don't know of any apps, but 20 years ago at least there were state run services for this. You call a number and someone will translate between your voice call and the ttd that the deaf use. (20 years ago a friend of mine worked for such a service, we have both moved on but I assume the service still exists)

wnissen 6y ago

It's a free government service in the US. 711 is the number for the relay service from TDD - voice. Unfortunately it is sometimes abused.

gowld 6y ago
My understanding is that it's majority abuse -- people outside USA using it to call electronics stores to try to make fruadulent orders (to the point where stores refuse service to TDD users), and phone companies collecting huge fees for running the service.

LeoPanthera 6y ago

There's a little-known feature of iOS called "sound recognition" that constantly listens and pops up an alert when it recognizes certain sounds that need attention, such as a crying baby, doorbell, or siren. https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/sound-recognition-iphf2dc33312/ios https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/sound-recognition-iph... I'm not deaf but I can imagine that being very useful.

jack_riminton 6y ago
Wow that’s actually pretty cool. Would be useful for hearing people too if they’re wearing headphones
dundercoder 6y ago
Lots of false positives still, but I think it will get better.

elil17 6y ago

There's of remote sign language interpretation and real time captioning services available. In the US, we have publicly funded video relay service (which translates between sign language and English for phone calls) and captioned calling (which provides captions for telephone calls). There are commercial equivalents of these services available for in person interactions and other countries. Gallaudet, a college for Deaf students, even has videophone booths you can use for video relay service: https://createyourworldbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/download-1.jpg https://createyourworldbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/d...