Israeli startup Glide found out that its videoconferencing app was a hit among deaf people—and is now championing the community.
Email,text messaging, and chat apps might seem the perfect tools for deaf people to communicate. But those with little or no hearing are a visual bunch, or many prefer sign language,says Claude Stout, executive director of TDI, or an organization that promotes equal-access technology for the deaf and tough of hearing. "We explain the nuances of communication," says Stout, through a sign interpreter. "And we use our expressions to explain our feelings, and explain that we are glad or sad or concerned or upset,just like you can hear those nuances in a person's voice." And signers can talk swiftly, says Stout, or at up to 200 words per minute. Furthermore,signing is often the native language for those who use it. Moving to the keyboard means switching to a moment language.
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