Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2013 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Louder TV is an app designed to make watching TV
easier for those with hearing loss. It works as a
personal amplifier. By using headphones with
LouderTV, you can enjoy watching television with
your family again without missing out on the show!”
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Camfrog is a video chat client created by
Camshare LLC first launched in 2003.
Features:
Chat Camfrog Client includes the ability to access
Camfrog hosted and user hosted video chat rooms.
Users have the ability to create their own rooms
with different themes. User rooms have different
rules than Camfrog hosted rooms but must still
follow the basic Camfrog Terms of Service.
File Sharing Users may send files to each other via
Camfrog with a max file size of 100 MB.
Snapshots Snapshots are images that can be sent
from one user to another from their webcam
Profiles Camfrog features profile pages for users
age 16 and over. Users 13-15 cannot create profile
photos.
It is quite popular among the deaf in Romania,
because it is based on just video calling, it is high
quality and our students are familiar with it.
Apple inc. has created quite a few apps which are
focused on helping those who are deaf or hard of
hearing communicate, network, and enjoy
entertainment more. We would like, with the help of
a future eTwinning project maybe, to introduce
such apps to the deaf community in Romania.
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Tap Tap, by David Vondracek
One of the dangers of hearing loss is the inability to
hear audible alerts or warnings. Tap Tap is a
brilliant app that allows those with hearing loss to
react to sounds. When it detects noise, the app will
vibrate and flash to alert the user. If the door
knocks, or someone is speaking or shouting, the
user will know. If the smoke alarm goes off, Tap
Tap will vibrate and flash. The sensitivity can be
adjusted and the app can run in the background if
desired, though this may use more battery power.
This is a must-have app for anyone with significant
hearing loss.
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Z4 Mobile, by ZVRS
Sign Language is fantastic if you are face to face
with another person. But what about calls from or
to non-signers? Now the deaf can communicate
with anyone, hearing or deaf, right on their iDevice
using a WiFi or 3G connection.
Z4 Mobile allows users to make point-to-point calls
to and from videophones as well as being able to
make or receive ZVRS calls. It works by creating a
video session with an interpreter who verbally
translates the signing to the hearing caller.
LouderTV, by Pieezo Hearsay Pte Ltd
“When visiting my grandmother, I was able to hear
her TV show before I even reached the front steps.
As a plus, Z4 Mobile is universal. We should note
that using WiFi will give the best performance over
3G.
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