Telecommunications bridging between deaf and hearing users in South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Glaser, Meryl | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tucker, William David | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-06T09:26:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-06T09:26:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper presents a description of telecommunications for Deaf people in South Africa by contrasting the situation in the developed world. We explain the main motivations for providing a locally appropriate solution. Research activity began with a community-based field trial of TTYs. The recommendations of the trial motivated an innovative approach to provide synchronous and accessible relay services. Drawing from international technological developments, we designed a software solution called the SoftBridge. We employ iterative Action Research cycles to drive technological modifications to the SoftBridge and to encourage adoption by the end-user community. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Telkom, Siemens, Cisco, THRIP, SANPAD | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Glaser, M. & Tucker, W. D. (2004). Telecommunications bridging between deaf and hearing users in South Africa. Conference and Workshop on Assistive Technologies for Vision and Hearing Impairment (CVHI), Granada, Spain | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/593 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.privacy.showsubmitter | FALSE | |
| dc.rights | This file may be freely used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Acknowledgement of the authors and the source is required. | |
| dc.status.ispeerreviewed | TRUE | |
| dc.subject | Deaf telephony | en_US |
| dc.subject | Voice relay | en_US |
| dc.subject | Action research | en_US |
| dc.title | Telecommunications bridging between deaf and hearing users in South Africa | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference Paper | en_US |