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Monday, September 09, 2002
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0209090014sep09.story?coll=chi%2Dtechnology%2Dhed Signs of progress grow - Software links languages of deaf, hearing Jon Van, Tribune staff reporter The first step toward developing a computing program that enables the deaf to "hear" has been created by computer scientists at Chicago's DePaul University. The project's urgency was underscored after a deaf computer scientist was nearly arrested by an airport security guard because of a failure to communicate. The frustrating episode led to a system where a hearing person speaks into a microphone attached to a computer running software that turns words into American Sign Language performed by an animated figure on the computer's screen....
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