Webcam Signing

Hear Again said:
i don't mind questions, so if you'd like to ask me about deafblindness, feel free. :) i use a braille display (braille star 40) and screen reader (window-eyes) to read ad as well as e-mail, text documents and the internet. the screen reader takes all information that appears on the computer screen and sends it to the braille display. the screen reader can also read this information aloud using speech synthesis. i'm able to move around the screen (up, down, left, right, character by character, word by word, sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, page by page) by issuing keyboard commands to the screen reader and braille display. to learn more about how braille displays work, check out this link:

Braille Display Page
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That is very interesting. Thank you for telling me about it. I like learning new things.
 
Chevy57 said:
You can got free Viable Vision software for webcam.
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Thank you, I am going to have to check this out

lauriesmyname said:
I am also hearing (hoh more and more though) and have been studying ASL for about 16 years on and off. (My husband teaches at a local university so I get free tuition!!)

I don't get to go take classes as much as I would like to, and sometimes I have to quit in the middle of a semester as I have really bad asthma and can't do my assignments over the phone. A web cam would maybe help me finish a class when I am in the hospital or house-bound.

I used to have one but it was a little jerky and slow...We need to find out about quality webcams and exchange e-mail addresses! I would love to be able to practice with and get more comfortable with my signing.

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That sounds like that would be a great plan.
 
You might wanna check and see if the library at school has a VP for students to use. I know mine does.
 
if you have a center for the deaf and hard of hearing in your area, i wonder if they could loan you a vp-200 since you're an itp student?
 
:ty: everyone for your help. If I ever get the chance I will have to stop in Seattle to find out.
 
society's_child said:
I wonder how much they go for? :hmm: Having a videophone would be awesome.
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I got an email through to sorensons and they said they it is only for Deaf and HOH. I tried but to no success. I guess the best we can do is get a great webcam and go through a website.
 
Celticty said:
I got an email through to sorensons and they said they it is only for Deaf and HOH. I tried but to no success. I guess the best we can do is get a great webcam and go through a website.
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Blatant hearie discrimination!!! Kidding.:lol: Yeah, I suppose you're right about that. Seems to be alot of good suggestions here from the other members.
 
society's_child said:
Blatant hearie discrimination!!! Kidding.:lol: Yeah, I suppose you're right about that. Seems to be alot of good suggestions here from the other members.
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Yes there is. That is one thing I love about AD. Everyone is willing to help if they can and everyone is really friendly.
 
The next step as soon as I get myself a good webcam or VP is to know someone to talk to lol. That might help.
 
Celticty said:
The next step as soon as I get myself a good webcam or VP is to know someone to talk to lol. That might help.
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I've got plenty of people to talk to. Long winded ones, at that. :giggle: My expressive skills need work so a webcam/VP would help me tremendously.
 
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