Deaf people can now virtually 'hear' the cell phone conversation using an app, which in real-time, instantly transcribe or converts voice calling into texts or words readable on the cell phone screen, so deaf or hard of hearing can communicate effectively with anyone, anywhere,
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The French start up Roger Voice has an Android app (iOS is coming late) for deaf people or who have hard of hearing, this app users' the caller can call in voice call and the receiver, who is deaf can read the real time transcribe or subtitles of voice call on his mobile phone's digital screen, so the conversation runs nice in real-time, instantly! This is a VoIP app, and is a KickStarter project right now!
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A real-time, voice-to-text, cell phone transcribe app for deaf and hard hearing to communicate! |
Roger Voice - Independent phone technology for the hard of hearing from RogerVoice
Bibliography:
http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/26/with-rogervoice-deaf-people-can-make-their-first-phone-calls/
http://jp.techcrunch.com/2014/09/27/20140926with-rogervoice-deaf-people-can-make-their-first-phone-calls/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/federicoguerrini/2014/09/26/tech-that-matters-rogervoice-will-allow-the-deaf-finally-have-a-conversation-on-the-phone/
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