Hi Jim,

Thanks for your correction - it is just the ASL alphabet that Ryan covers.

Ryan's glove may be similar to an invention for deafblind people, for
input of the deafblind manual alphabet, called Dexter, patented by
James Kramer.  (Search with deafblind glove alphabet)

Once a deafblind person has input text, it can be read out by any
text-to-speech engine.  But for Dexter there is a corresponding output
device called the Hand-tapper, patented by Klein and Fox I believe.

Most good ideas have been thought of before!

Cheers from Chiswick,

John
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>I have had the pleasure of meeting with Ryan on a couple of occasions in
>the past year when he paid us a visit at the University of Colorado.  Not
>only is he a very creative, intelligent, and motivated young man, but he is
>also a truly a nice unassuming person -- not the least bit arrogant,
>egotistical,  or stuffy.
>
>I am sure Ryan would be the first to correct some of the editorial
>embellishments, but it should be pointed out that this device translates
>finger-spelling and not true ASL as the article implies.  His next step is
>to make a synthetic speech output system for the device, and I have offered
>some ideas and made myself available to him for further consultation should
>he desire it, but he will undoubtedly do fine without me <smile>.
>
>We do hope Ryan will attend CU this Fall and become a big part of the new
>AT R&D Center we are proposing to the university, but of course, will
>respect whatever choice he makes.
>
>-- Jim

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