P716 CEEFAX 716 Sun 28 May 01:16/24 JADHEAR CONFERENCE REPORT I 1/7 FOCUS ON DEAF PEOPLE CONFERENCE Lord Ashley of Stoke opened the Focus on Deaf People Conference, which was organised bz the National Council for Educational T chnolog . The aim of the conference was to show how computers and technology can open up training and education to deaf people of all ages. 5 It was attended by some 300 people, including teachers, software and hardware djvelopjrs and national deaf organisations. cont... Comm nity Pag s 720 Envir nm nt 730 Religious World 740 U3jr Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear Religion Next PageP716 CEEFAX 716 Sun 28 May 01:39/14 EAD HEAR CONFERENCE REPORT I 2/7 £ ££££ £££ ££ k FOCUS ON DEAF PEOPLE CONFERENCE The conference was well provided with communication support, with BSL interpreters, lipspjakjrs and loop systems. The conference looked at four main areas: tools for literacy, a visual approach to learning, communicating to a wider audience and the impact of new technologies. There were separate demonstrations by software and hardware companies and ducation l bodies tc. cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 U jr Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear Religion Next PageP716 CEEFAX 716 Sun 28 May 01:47/42 JADHEAR CONFERENCE REPORT 3/7 7 £ £ £ FOCUS ON DEAF PEOPLE CONFERENCE Computers are becoming more easily used as communication tools for deaf people with the growth of multi-media. One problem with computers has been that they tend to be entirely text- based, but a number of exhibitors at the conference showed systems that combined text and video. This allowed programmjs to include text and sound plus Sign Language (on videoQ on the one screen. cont... Community Pages 720 Environm nt 730 Religious World 740 U3jr Guide 198 Next Pag Read H ar R legion Next PagP716 CEEFAX 716 Sun 28 May 01:27/34 JADHEAR CONFERENCE REPORT 4/7 FOCUS ON DEAF PEOPLE CONFERENCE $5 Using such software as Hyperstudio, deaf children learn to manipulate text, sound, animation, graphics and video. Tony Wheeler of TAG described this as "a new kind of literacy". Much recent software allows par nus and teachers to add subtitles or Sign Language to existing material. cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 U3jr Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear Religion Next PageP716 CEEFAX 716 Sun 28 May 01:25/38 EADHEAR CONFERENCE REPORT 5/7 F CUR O DEAF P OPLE CONF R NCE $5 A number of spjakjrs pointed out that confidence with technology could give deaf children incrja3ed confidence at communicating. Important developments in the near future included voice to text technology, virtual reality and the Internet (eg, the Deaf World Web). Demonstrators at the conference agreed that it was up to deaf people themselves to influence the new technologies to make sure they mit deaf people's needs. cont... Religious World 740 User Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear Religion xt PaP716 CEJFAX 716 Sun 28 May 01:25/34 EADHEAR CONFERENCE REPORT 6/7 FOCUS ON DEAF PEOPLE CONFERENCE $5 The conference also looked at: CD-i for language acquisition for deaf people. Telecommunications and deaf children. Combining TV and animation to make informbtion visual. Videophone services for deaf people. Sign graphics to promote literac skills of deaf BSL users. Learning BSL through multi-media. cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 User Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear Religion Next PageP716 CEEFAX 716 Sun 28 May 01:16/24 AD HEAR CONFERENCE REPORT I 7/7 7£££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££k FOCUS ON DEAF PEOPLE CONFEREN E Both See Hear and Sign On filmed the conference for broadcasts in June. For more details of the work of the National Council for Educational Technology, contact: Sally McUeown, NCET, Milburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry CV4 7JJ. . Read Hear will have more feature on the impact of new technology on the lives of deaf, deafened, deaf- blind and hard-of-hearing people in future editions. Religious World 740 User Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear Religion Next PageP716 C FAX 726 Sun 28 Ma: 0095%/22 % RjlUgjous WNtld 740 User Guide 198 CONFERENCE REPORT OI^IOOLL]@EO "5 FOCUS ON DEAF PEOPLE CONFEREVAE $sap a bbp b d 4p 2 2p 2 3j Uhf conferdnce was welm pro6ided with communication 3uppout, with BSL interpreters, lipspjakkrs and loop systems. $hj cUnference looSed at four main $) apptMacP to liarninFL communicating to a wider audiincd and the im8act "5 of neg technologies. "5 p (here were se0aratd djmknstratjons $5 bz software and ha6dware companies U 55 and educational bodies etc. cont... $] Community Pages 720 Environment 730P716 CEEFAX 716 Sun 280Maz 91:45/ 4 ]L EADA 1/7 ££££££ £££££££££ ££££££££k FOCUS OV DEAF PEOPLE CO FERENCE $5 Lo6d Ashley of Stone opened the which was organased bv the Nate nal Council for Educational Technology. UNi aim of the c nfit tce was tu 5 sh w how comput s and t chnolo can open ap tra in and ducati to d af p pl f all s. 5 It was attend d by some 300 8eg8lu, including teachers, software and hardware de6jlopjrs and national %5 deaf orgbnisations. pgnt.p. $ Community Pager 720 Environment 730 R leg oks World 7 p Usj2 Grid