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I'd be very curious to learn about the speed difference between a competent typist and a fluent signer, especially if visual cues can be used to accelerate the

by lukifer 13y ago

I'd be very curious to learn about the speed difference between a competent typist and a fluent signer, especially if visual cues can be used to accelerate the latter (ie, an equivalent of auto-complete). When writing prose (as opposed to code), I could actually see signing being very speed-competitive, and possibly a more natural way to communicate text than a keyboard. (Other advantages might be use with Glass, or the ability to pace around a room while "typing".) Maybe someday, kids will learn signing instead of keyboarding.

seiji 13y ago
When writing prose (as opposed to code), I could actually see signing being very speed-competitive How so? Signing isn't as "complete" as written or spoken language. You would say/write "The dog ran in the park yesterday" but the signing would be more like "YESTERDAY, DOG RUN [THROUGH] PARK." You're not going to get David Mitchell out of ASL, but then again you can't get motive music videos in Dejima either. They each have their place and meaning, but they aren't quite interchangeable.
- lukifer 13y ago
  Right, as a non-signer it didn't even occur that syntax would be different, implied, or occasionally non-existent. In theory AI could try to auto-generate, but yeah, maybe not as rosy as I hoped.
rasur 13y ago
My son is 2 and recently found to be deaf. One usage case I imagined (while we are going through the process of learning sign-language and learning about the forthcoming Cochlea Implant he will receive) is exactly this, so it's gratifying to see some development in that sphere. Sign-language is different to English in the same way German is different to English.. you can translate, but it's not quite the same. Regardless, I did wonder - given how cretinous most Human / Computer Interfaces still are - if learning signing would be a better way of interacting with a machine. It would certainly have the side-benefit that users could talk to deaf people more easily (and possibly would help reduce the stigma that being deaf seems to still have, even today).

by lukifer 13y ago

seiji 13y ago

When writing prose (as opposed to code), I could actually see signing being very speed-competitive How so? Signing isn't as "complete" as written or spoken language. You would say/write "The dog ran in the park yesterday" but the signing would be more like "YESTERDAY, DOG RUN [THROUGH] PARK." You're not going to get David Mitchell out of ASL, but then again you can't get motive music videos in Dejima either. They each have their place and meaning, but they aren't quite interchangeable.

lukifer 13y ago
Right, as a non-signer it didn't even occur that syntax would be different, implied, or occasionally non-existent. In theory AI could try to auto-generate, but yeah, maybe not as rosy as I hoped.

rasur 13y ago

My son is 2 and recently found to be deaf. One usage case I imagined (while we are going through the process of learning sign-language and learning about the forthcoming Cochlea Implant he will receive) is exactly this, so it's gratifying to see some development in that sphere. Sign-language is different to English in the same way German is different to English.. you can translate, but it's not quite the same. Regardless, I did wonder - given how cretinous most Human / Computer Interfaces still are - if learning signing would be a better way of interacting with a machine. It would certainly have the side-benefit that users could talk to deaf people more easily (and possibly would help reduce the stigma that being deaf seems to still have, even today).