Video phone help for deaf people
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Deaf people who use sign language could soon be using video phones to make calls.
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Multi-function phones, webcams and other new technological innovations have transformed the lives of the hard of hearing, delegates at an international congress of the deaf said Tuesday.
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Hearing aids can reduce brain strain and allow people to remember things better. Bodyhack reports from AAAS in San Francisco.
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Dec. 6, 2004 -- A mind-operated computer may one day help people with spinal cord injuries communicate. It may sound like science fiction, but such a device already exists.
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Hearing aids are the best way for many people to maintain a connection to the world, but they can also disappoint new users.
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Connect With Your Buds: We Put Walkie-Talkies to the Summer Test
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We can rebuild you, see AAAS A new version of an electronic implant which restores visual capabilities in blind people holds untold promise, those gathered at a meeting in San Francisco heard today, as the technology behind the device is taken to the next level.â¦
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Blog: New devices help remove the stigma of hearing aid use for aging baby boomers, and help preserve the auditory environment for the rest of us.
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It could be the answer to grandmaÃÂÃÂs prayers: a mobile phone designed specifically for the over-65s that aims to take the fear out of technology and get the elderly connected.
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When you think of interactive multimedia on the Web, you probably think of Flash. But Flash creates accessiblity problems, especially for those with disabilities. A solution is to use JavaScript, which avoids many of the issues inherent in Flash. By Lisha Sterling. 0516
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Ups and downs with a music and messaging phone
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By Rhodri Marsden  Same here, Sarah - until last weekend, when I successfully tested a mobile video call on the 3 network to an unsuspecting friend of mine sitting at home a few miles away. We pretended we were in the film Blade Runner for a minute or so. Cost, 50p.
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The standard ringtones on cell phones aren't good enough for lots of people who spend a few dollars a pop to download song clips and other custom sounds to their devices. Now an Israeli startup bets it can add another layer: the video ringtone.
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Devices that incorporate speech recognition are starting to hit the mass market, giving users the ability to let their mouths do the walking â and the searching.
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For many of us, the latest mobile telephones on the market are simply cool gadgets for making calls, with a few nifty electronic extras -- MP3, agenda, e-mail, image capture -- tacked on.
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A new scheme allowing disabled people to summon emergency services by text message is launched in Hong Kong.
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It's not just for short, tight Web videos anymore. LG Mobile's popular Viewty handset has just become the first mobile phone to be certified for recording video using DivX compression.