>> how's this going to beat texting each other on the phones you already have in your pockets? It would be nice to be able to look at each other and talk with

>> how's this going to beat texting each other on the phones you already have in your pockets? It would be nice to be able to look at each other and talk with glances down to the badge. Having a conversation with a deaf person via a phone really takes you out of the experience of being in a one to one conversation. I'm thinking a little light that blinks when I am talking would give a visual cue to the deaf conversation member that I am speaking and draw their attention to the badge.