gnarlydorkette
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I am surprised nobody wrote about it... and I am usually behind in the Deaf news!
I saw UbiDuo at this year's NAD in Palm Desert and I WISHED I had it when I was in Turkey so I don't have to use the interpreters!!!
http://www.scommonline.com/
The old and tried paper-and-pen method has been digitialized!! You have two mini-laptops where you can type back and forth in live time. It is portable and it even can be used to call TTY-users (and Ubiduo-users as well!) No need to have an internet connection or having an interpreter to voice/sign for you (and the struggle to find an AVAILABLE interpreter just for a five-minute interaction??).
I fell in love with this product because I envision that if I use this, it can give me personal interactions with hearing friends who are slowly learning signs (or my classmates !) rather than using an interpreter which seems to scare off hearing people or twist my words around because they couldn't understand me (and never ask me to clarify!). I don't want to struggle to find the RIGHT interpreter who knows how to do the job... and Usually I just want to ask ONE simple question! Why bother to bring on all the troubles???
It is expensive at the moment but they said (I met the owner's hearing wife) they are hoping that the government grants can help them out to sell it cheap for everybody to use.
Check out the website...! Keep us posted if you can find a cheaper Ubiduo. I def will buy it (so I can use it for doctor appt and many more where I want to have privacy than having an interpreter)
I saw UbiDuo at this year's NAD in Palm Desert and I WISHED I had it when I was in Turkey so I don't have to use the interpreters!!!
http://www.scommonline.com/
"Help eliminate frustration in face-to-face communication and facilitate quicker, easier face-to-face rapport between people who are hearing and people who are deaf."
"Provide portable, easy to use, wireless devices that enable face-to-face communication between deaf or hard of hearing people with hearing people freely."
"Give freedom of communication to people who are deaf or hard of hearing, even with total strangers."
The old and tried paper-and-pen method has been digitialized!! You have two mini-laptops where you can type back and forth in live time. It is portable and it even can be used to call TTY-users (and Ubiduo-users as well!) No need to have an internet connection or having an interpreter to voice/sign for you (and the struggle to find an AVAILABLE interpreter just for a five-minute interaction??).
I fell in love with this product because I envision that if I use this, it can give me personal interactions with hearing friends who are slowly learning signs (or my classmates !) rather than using an interpreter which seems to scare off hearing people or twist my words around because they couldn't understand me (and never ask me to clarify!). I don't want to struggle to find the RIGHT interpreter who knows how to do the job... and Usually I just want to ask ONE simple question! Why bother to bring on all the troubles???
It is expensive at the moment but they said (I met the owner's hearing wife) they are hoping that the government grants can help them out to sell it cheap for everybody to use.
Check out the website...! Keep us posted if you can find a cheaper Ubiduo. I def will buy it (so I can use it for doctor appt and many more where I want to have privacy than having an interpreter)