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NSF PA/M 98-18 - July 24, 1998
Morning Newsmaker: Undergraduate Researcher and NSF Expert to Discuss
Computer Interface for Deaf-Blind Communication
Krista Caudill, a deaf and blind undergraduate researcher, is helping
to design a portable computer that will "speak" as she types and will
translate other people's speech into Braille.
A student at the University of Delaware, Caudill is participating in
a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project to design the system
that will begin to free her and others from total dependence on sign-language
interpreters in order to communicate.
The approximately $98,000 two-year NSF grant to Richard Foulds of A.I.
duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del. will include Caudill
and several other students, who will design and evaluate the system.
Caudill and NSF program director Gary Strong will speak about the prototype
system and the broader implications of computers for persons with disabilities.
Foulds and Beth Finn (the other undergraduate researcher on the team)
will also be available to answer questions.
Who:
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Krista Caudill, University of Delaware
Gary Strong, NSF Human Computer Interaction, Program Director |
What:
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Morning Newsmaker |
When:
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10 a.m. Thursday, July 30
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Where:
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National Press Club, Murrow Room
14th and F Streets NW, Washington D.C. |
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For more information contact:
Beth Gaston, (703) 306-1070/egaston@nsf.gov
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