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How easy (or difficult) is it for an ASL viewer/reader to follow a conversation when it takes place on a tablet or cell phone?

Asked by elbanditoroso (33552points) January 26th, 2022

ASL = American Sign Language (for deaf and hearing impaired)

With services like Zoom, Webex, GoToMeeting, as well as Facetime and similar mechanisms, the ‘speaker’ can use sign language to get their message across.

My question: on smaller screens, such as phones or tablets, how hard is it for the viewer to get enough detail from the screen to understand the conversation?

Are certain form factors (cell phones, for example) too small to be able to get enough detail from the hand and arm movements?

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I suppose it depends on the size of the screen and how well the person looking at the screen sees. I’ve seen some pretty big cell phones.

There’s a service for the hearing impaired. It involves another person listening to the one speaking and typing out what is said.

This service says it will do that. https://clearcaptions.com/bing/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=brand&utm_term=clear%20caption%20telephone&msclkid=52a1cebdcbf11ea9c70aaf4f6bb5e5da

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raum's avatar

You can have closed captioning on zoom. :)

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