Deaf Internet users can make digital versions of audio conversati...
Deaf Internet users can make digital versions of audio conversations using a new feature in AOL Instant Messenger 6.8 beta, AOL said Tuesday. In contrast to typical IM chats, where a recipient only sees a sender’s message once completed,…
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AOL is offering a “real-time” feature that sends each letter as it’s typed. The technology was developed with Gallaudet University, a federally-funded private institution for the hearing impaired, and Trace Research and Development Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Norman Williams, senior research engineer for Gallaudet’s Technology Access Program, created the underlying protocol and pitched it to AOL. He wanted to “combine the familiarity of messaging on a TTY” with a popular IM service, he said. The option is available for all AIM users with the latest version of AIM. AOL created a link between AIM and telecom relay services for deaf users in 2004.