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SignTranslate - award-winning web-based communication tool to allow doctors to communicate with deaf patients
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Situation
Deaf people are often forced to rely on friends or relatives to interpret a doctor's diagnosis. Being unable to communicate with their GP is a situation that hundreds of people face daily in the UK, simply because they are deaf.
Solution
Our award-winning, web-based system, SignTranslate, has been developed to allow doctors and their Deaf patients to effectively communicate with each other when an interpreter is unable to travel to the surgery, or in an emergency. SignTranslate enables GPs and their Deaf patients to connect to an online interpreter via webcam and phone. Consequently patients can be treated without delay, thus avoiding the ongoing confusion, misdiagnosis and inappropriate use of family members.