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You may have no idea, but, how is speech-to-text these days? There are several companies who operate call centers for the deaf. A hearing person talks a live a
by jeffool 15y ago
You may have no idea, but, how is speech-to-text these days?
There are several companies who operate call centers for the deaf. A hearing person talks a live agent, who types a deaf person. If the software reached a decent quality, you could offer it directly to a deaf person to use.
Hit up a few sites that cater to deaf people. Make friends. Ask if they'd be willing to test it with their friends and family. And if it works? Sell it to them, or one of the previously mentioned companies, or charge a monthly fee.
- Timothee 15y agoNo I didn't know. But, at this point, what I built would work for mute people, rather than deaf people, since I don't transcribe what is being said. I imagine I could work something out, but seeing what Google Voice does with this, I'd be surprised if the quality were useable.
- jeffool 15y agoThe thing is, many deaf people prefer to type, not being confident with their speaking voices. Also, most hearing people don't have TDD/TTY machines. Just a note.
- Timothee 15y agomany deaf people prefer to type I can see that. It's my understanding that it's common for deaf people to be mute or have difficulty to speak, but they would need to know what is being said on the other end, which I can't quite provide at this time. (though I'll look into it) most hearing people don't have TDD/TTY machines I guess you're saying that it could be useful as a TDD/TTY machine on-the-go, is that right? Thanks for the feedback, I figured that it could be useful in that use-case, and will look into that more.