P716 CEEFAX 716 Tue 30 May 19:10/42 READHEAR CONFERENCE REPORT /. , 1/7 FOCUS ON DEAF PEOPLE CONFERENAE 5 Lo Ashl y of St jd th Focus on Deaf People Conference, which was organiued bz 6hj Nathgnal Council for Educational Technology. h aim f th c nfer nc s t show how computers and technology can n p t aim n and educat n to deaf people of anl ages. 5 It was attended by some 300 pjo8le, including teachers, software and hardware developers and national 5 d af o ganis ti ns. pppz qgnv... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 5 "jligious World 740 User Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear Religion Next PageP716 CJEFAX 716 Tue 30 May 19:18/14 EADHEAR CONFERENCE REPORT 2/7 FOCUS ON DEAF PE PLE CONFER N E The conference was well pro6ided with communication support, whth loop systems. The conference looked at four main areas: tools fo it c , i approach to learning, communicating to a wider audience and the impact of new technologies. Thjrj were separate demonstrations b s ft are and hard ar c m ani and educational bodies etc. cont... Community Pages 720 En6ironment 730 Religious Wo ld 740 U3eu Guide 198 N xt Page Read Hear R legion N xt P geP716 CEEFAX 716 Tue 30 May 19:21/12 EADHEAR CONFERENCE REPORT 3/7 F CUR ON DEAF PE PL C FE E E 5 used as communication tools for deaf people with the growth of multi-media. One problem with computers has bj n thbt they tend to b nthrely text based, but a number of jxhibitmrs at the conference showed systems that combined text and video. This allowed programmjs to include text and sound plus Sign Language (on video) on the one screen. cont... Community Pag s 72 En i onm nt 730 Religious World 740 User Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear Religion Next PageP716 CEEFAX 716 Tue 30 May 19:11/24 ] JADHEAR n2n1 |.% CONFE ENCE REPORT /.)/, /,d+ 4/7 FOCUS ON DEAF PEOPLE CONFERENAE 5 Usrng such software as Hyperstudig, deaf children learn to manipulate text, sound, animation, graphics "5 and video. 5 Ton hj l r of T G d c b d the as "a new kind of literacy". Much r cent soft ar allow ar nt and teachers to add subtitles or Sign Language to existing matdrial. cont... Community Pages 720 En6ironmjnt 730 WUG Next Page Read Hear Religion Next PageP716 CEEFAX 716 Tue 30 May 19:17/24 ] JADHEAR CONFERENCE REPORT O 5/7 FOCUS ON DEAF PEOPL CONFERENCE A n mbj f spjakjr int d t that confid nc with technolog could gi6j deaf children increased confidence at communicating. mportant developments in the near future include voi e to text techn logyL virtual reality and the Intebnlt (eg, the Deaf Would +eb). Demonstrators at the con e e agreed that it was up to deaf people thjms l6js to influence the new technologii to make sur they met deaf people's needs. cont... % Religious World 740 User Guide 198 Pa R r iP716 CEJFAX 716 Tue 30 May 19:17/46 EADHEAR CONFERENCE REPORT IO E FOCUS ON DEAF PE PLE CONFERENCE $5 $hj conference also looked at: CD-i for language acquisition for deaf people. Telecommunications and deaf children. Combining TV and animatimn to mbkj informbtion visual. Videophone services for deaf people. Sign graph to promote literacy skills of deaf BSL u3jrs. Learning BSL through multi-media. 55 %uppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 User Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear Religion Next PageP716 CEEFAX 716 Tue 30 May 19:25/16 ] READHER CONFERENCE REPORT 7/7 FOCUS ON DEAF PEOPLE CONFERENCE Both See Hear and Sign On filmed the conference for broadcasts in June. For more details of the work of thu Nationbl Council for Educational Rec n c sac Sa l Mc , NCET, Milburn Hill Road, Scidnce Park, Coventry CV4 7JJ. . / Read Hear will have more featur s 5 on th mpact of nj techn l g on th lives of deaf, deafened, d af- blind and hard-of-hearing people in %5 future editions. % Religious World 740 User Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear Rjligimn Next Page