Sign Language Via Cell Phone 151
QuatumCrypto writes "A project is underway at the University of Washington to enable real-time sign language communication via cell phone. Because of the low-bandwidth wireless cell phone network, a new compression scheme is necessary to capture only the bare essential components of signing to minimize data transfer. Although text messaging is a viable alternative for everyone, signing — like speech — is a much faster and more convenient form of communication."
Makes sense (Score:4, Funny)
Hmmm (Score:2, Funny)
But I'm one for giving handicapped people excuses to hurt the rest of us. It just seems fair. And I wear a cup.
Too complicated. Doomed to fail. (Score:2, Funny)
OK, so instead of a robot monkey you could have a little animated monkey on your display, but a robot monkey would be better. Tiny robot monkeys is how Apple will implement it on the iPhone while the rest of the industry just has animated monkeys. Either way, watch for "signing monkeys" on Google Trends.
Re:Language-agnostic? (Score:1, Funny)
...sorry, that was a reflex.