Oh man...this would make a great technology for the deaf people. I'm deaf and I depend on technology such as computers and smartphones to help me communicate with the rest of the world. However, I couldn't do anything about having actual conversations with people who can hear. If I could fit this on my smartphone or something similar, it'd make my life a lot easier if it actually works and relays what other people are saying to me on the fly.
I think it would, but I also think it would be time better spent further improving Cochlear Implant technology. My mom has been deaf all her life and after dual cochlear implants can hear very well. But these sorts of things take time, to get them down in size, down in cost, and not require as much time to get the sound mapping work smoothly.
Cochlear implants involve a completely invasive and dangerous procedure that, no matter how advanced the technology becomes, is not the magic panacea for all forms of Deafness. Instead of helping only one group of the Deaf community that some researchers deem "curable," this technology helps the whole Deaf community; definitely time well-spent.
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Oh man...this would make a great technology for the deaf people. I'm deaf and I depend on technology such as computers and smartphones to help me communicate with the rest of the world. However, I couldn't do anything about having actual conversations with people who can hear. If I could fit this on my smartphone or something similar, it'd make my life a lot easier if it actually works and relays what other people are saying to me on the fly.
I think it would, but I also think it would be time better spent further improving Cochlear Implant technology. My mom has been deaf all her life and after dual cochlear implants can hear very well. But these sorts of things take time, to get them down in size, down in cost, and not require as much time to get the sound mapping work smoothly.
Surely the Wii technology, refined, would allow sign language users to 'speak' to hearers. Of course the gadget would be split up into two gloves.
@Paul
Cochlear implants involve a completely invasive and dangerous procedure that, no matter how advanced the technology becomes, is not the magic panacea for all forms of Deafness. Instead of helping only one group of the Deaf community that some researchers deem "curable," this technology helps the whole Deaf community; definitely time well-spent.