SignVideo
Short Project Description:
SignVideo provides instant and high quality sign language interpreting via the videophone.
This project can contribute to enhancing a number of national indicators and addressing
a number of excluded groups and problems. The table below provides details of those
which this project might affect.
URL to find further details about the project
http://www.signvideo.co.uk/index.php
Technology: Assistive Technologies, Database/Software, eparticipation
Location: United Kingdom
Organisation:
E-inclusion award winners
Contact Person: Jeff McWhinney
Email:
enquiries@signvideo.co.uk
% Technology used by individual or community: 100
% Technology used by service provider organisations: 0
Digital assistance access and skills provided: No
Technology enhances service provision: No
Project Description
SignVideo is an award winning service developed by Significan’t. The SignVideo Contact Centre provides high quality interpretation services for deaf people using remote computer links with interpreters.
Significan’t is a Deaf and Sign Language led social enterprise. We reinvest all the profits we make back into the deaf community through a variety of projects and developments.
Our Mission
Our mission is to empower deaf citizens and to use the latest developments in new technology to tackle barriers to their social inclusion.
We act as an enabling partner to organisations, businesses and home users who wish to have unrestricted communication with deaf people who use sign language. Whether interpreting is required for a simple everyday enquiry or a complex life saving situation, our service provides the means to instantly break down communication barriers.