SBIR/STTR Research Award
Mobile Language Reference for Deaf and Hard of Hearing K-12 Students
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Education
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- VCOM3D INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- P7MYG7JPFPZ2
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
This project develops software for hand held devices for use in elementary and secondarygrades. During Phase I of this project, Vcom3D developed and tested a prototype Mobile LanguageReference for students in the middle grades that included American Sign Language and Signed Englishdefinitions selected from the Signing Science Dictionary, developed by TERC and Vcom3D, aswell as explanations of multi-sense words and English idioms. Initial testing of the Mobile LanguageReference indicated a high level of user acceptance and provided evidence that the system can improvelearning outcomes. For Phase II, Vcom3D creates and evaluates a mobile version of the SigningScience Dictionary with at least 1,300 scientific terms. Like the original dictionary, this mobile versiontargets students in the middle grades.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
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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