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Transcense: Making group conversations between Deaf & hearing possible: the first realtime captioning on a phone
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh Oct. 16, 2014

Oct. 16, 2014

Interesting tech from Transcense which is running an Indiegogo funding for $25,000 US to make their app available on major mobile platforms to allow real time captioning on mobile phones so deaf or hard of hearing persons can follow group conversations. 46 sec Transcense demo in action : http://youtu.be/sC3Q21WCEVc 3min 30sec video Indiegogo funding video : http://youtu.be/vvoglCTd6x8 Indiegogo Transcense campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/transcense-finally-talk-with-any-deaf-pe… >From the Techcrunch story: http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/14/an-app-that-lets-you-converse-with-the-dea… "Transcense is a new app that accurately translates conversations in real time so the deaf and hard of hearing can participate in meetings, presentations and conversations. Founders Thibault Duchemin, Pieter Doevendans and Skinner Cheng say one-on-one conversations are easy for the deaf. Either they are speaking with someone who can sign or they can just read lips. However, it’s very hard to follow group conversations with several people speaking at once. This makes it hard to catch things and converse during group meals with friends who don’t sign or at an office meeting where they might miss something important..... ..... It works by catching conversations from the voices of different individuals and assigning them a color bubble so the deaf person knows who said what. It works with a distributed microphone system on all the devices using the app so that it can distinguish each person from another. It then translates those words and starts jotting them down in real time on the app. The deaf and hard of hearing can then read what is going on as it happens." Dev Anand

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Beginners Guides
by Glenn McKnight Oct. 13, 2014

Oct. 13, 2014

As suggested by Gordon that I share my experience on EBOOKS approach as a topic for future TTF discussion For the record. Suggested to authors of the Beginners guide to create an EBOOK and Complimentary videos for the guide. Very short videos that demonstrate an idea or deal with Q and A. Did this for ISOC created a E book and distributed it through Amazon, Itunes and Archives.org( Free) We need to start thinking of Open Pub distribution on mobile phones and Just IN Time training. Link to book *Google Play* The Epub called *Live Stream Manual for Internet Society Chapters i*s available Free at Google Play https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Glenn_McKnight_Live_Streaming_M… *Amazon Kindle* The Kindle Version is on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JMV8ZQE *Internet Archive* It is also available free via Internet Archives https://archive.org/details/ePub-22 Direct links to videos The video series are located on YouTube *Epispode One: Overview* http://youtu.be/2d0_4NvZDi8 *Episode Two Mics and More* http://youtu.be/WDS4JED5lTM *Episode Three: Tripod, Monopods and More* http://youtu.be/bGov_TFDJRE *Episode Four Computer Sound Recording* http://youtu.be/pVNZ_1evyfo *Episode Five Lighting* http://youtu.be/NGjYG3r3pAY *Episode Six Greenscreening* http://youtu.be/NwaNVQuCHp0 *Episode Seven Cameras* http://youtu.be/fMBKdusFxdc *Episode Eight Livestream Your Event* http://youtu.be/ITOfW-cdkU0 *Episode Nine: Internet Streaming on Google Hangout and SKYPE* http://youtu.be/s0QifQ1y1c4 *Episode Ten Whitebalance Your Equipment* http://youtu.be/XX8bmjgvPPE *Episode Eleven Sound Correction* http://youtu.be/yJQ8lQhTib8 Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight .

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Interpretation of ATLAS II Summit Recommendation 11
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh Oct. 1, 2014

Oct. 1, 2014

Dear ATLAS2 Thematic Group 2 coordinators, As chair of the Technology Taskforce (TTF), I am seeking clarification from the coordinators of the Thematic Group 2 which was responsible for Recommendation 11 from the ATLAS II Summit Declaration. The TTF, along with the Accessibility WG has been tasked with overseeing the implementation of Recommendation 11. Recommendation 11 states: "ICANN must implement a range of services to facilitate access according to various criteria (gender; cultural diversity) and user needs (disabilities, etc…)." The TTF discussed this recommendation on its Monday 29 September 2014 call, and there was some confusion re: the phrase "ICANN must implement a range of services to facilitate access according to various criteria (gender; cultural diversity)" Can you please clarify the "various criteria such as gender or cultural diversity" aspect? The "user needs" aspect was understood to mean access for the differently-abled or for those that don't have high speed internet or for those with no reliable internet access. Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh TTF chair

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