SBIR/STTR Research Award
Mobile Communications App for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Award amount
$249,876Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Education
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- VCOM3D INC
- Proposal award date
- 2012-09-11
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- P7MYG7JPFPZ2
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- 84.133S-2
Research abstract
This product develops and evaluates a proof-of-concept, mobile speech-to-sign translator that integrates continuous speech recognition software with natural language processing and Vcom3D’s Signing Avatar animated American Sign Language technology. This speech-to-sign the application is designed to run on iPhone/iPod or Android smartphones, providing Deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH) learners the independence they need to benefit from opportunity-based learning in face-to-face interactions and where spoken information enhances the experience. Vcom3D has developed and distributed Signing Avatar software to assist D/HH children in school environments as well as software that helps hearing persons to learn to sign.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
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Research funding history
67 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1997–2025). Reported award amounts total $20,904,646. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Education, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commerce, National Aeronautics and Space Administration