[CEUD-ICT] Sign Language translator for iPods and iPhones

[Simius Puer]

It's only designed for teaching sign language, not aiming to be a
communication tool.

As you have to type stuff in to get it to translate to sign, what would the
point be in terms of communication?  After all, deaf people can still read
;]

As to the language used, it perform ASL (American Sign Language) or SEE
(Signed Exact English) both of which are very different (and from what I
hear requires some user configuration as both are included by default).
There are a multitude of sign languages, just as with regular languages so
the buyer needs to be aware of this when considering the product.

I think the last 2 parts of the title of "Signed English Translator" are
quite misleading...it's neither English, nor really a translation tool.

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On 23 April 2010 16:58, Mark Magennis <Mark.magennis at ncbi.ie> wrote:

> Interesting. Great idea, though given the proliferation of sign languages
> around the world I wonder to what extent it would be useful for, say, people
> here in Ireland. From what I gather, it's not a sign language routinely used
> by deaf people (or Deaf people) to communicate like Irish Sign Language, but
> a form of Manually Coded English (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manually_Coded_English#Signed_English) which
> is quite different.
>
> Mark
>
> On 23 Apr 2010, at 16:32, Alan M. Dalton wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > While looking at an iPhone in a shop recently, I noticed the "Sign 4 Me"
> > application on it. I think it's an excellent idea: somebody can type an
> > English sentence into a text box, and then see an animated, human-looking
> > character signing the sentence. I don't know how accurate the translating
> > is, and the customer reviews on its iTunes webpage [1] are a mixture of
> > favourable and unfavourable. It seems like it could potentially be a
> useful
> > communication or education tool.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > [1]
> >
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sign-4-me-a-signed-english/id312882992?mt=8
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alan.
> > _
> > Alan Dalton
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