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Having worked for leading Video Relay Service for the deaf, I can say without a doubt that, unless this is seriously flawless, it won't catch on very well with
by batbomb 13y ago
Having worked for leading Video Relay Service for the deaf, I can say without a doubt that, unless this is seriously flawless, it won't catch on very well with the deaf community. Also, it's been anticipated for a long time. I don't see it disrupting VRS services for at least a decade. Furthermore, in the video, everyone signing is doing so at a snail's pace.
That being said, the FCC still pays $6 a minute for VRS services.
- evincarofautumn 13y agoYes, the pace is extremely unnatural, akin to enunciating every syllable in spoken language according to “standard” pronunciation. However, this is not yet a consumer product: it’s foundational research toward better systems in the future. Eventually it could be as good as existing speech-to-text solutions—which is to say not very good, but tolerable.