Title :
A communication aid for hearing impaired persons using mobile smart phones
Author :
Hirayama, Makoto J.
Author_Institution :
Kanazawa Inst. of Technol., Nonoichi, Japan
Abstract :
Hearing impaired persons need communication aids to do communication between persons in anywhere in public places. To assist communication with textual and visual methods without acoustic oral speech, software was implemented on smart phones. The software can display frequently used sentences in usual daily life or in emergency communication, by navigating and selecting sentences from the list on the screen. By showing the display, a message is conveyed. It has enabled easier and more comfortable communication than traditional conversation in writing.
Keywords :
display instrumentation; handicapped aids; hearing aids; mobile handsets; mobile radio; communication aid; display software; emergency communication; hearing impaired persons; message display; mobile smart phones; navigating sentences; public place communication; screen list; selecting sentences; textual methods; visual methods; Mobile communication;
Conference_Titel :
Mobile IT Convergence (ICMIC), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gyeongsangbuk-do
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1128-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-89-88678-61-9
