{"id":26857,"date":"2014-09-24T14:33:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T12:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=26857"},"modified":"2014-09-24T14:33:13","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T12:33:13","slug":"rogervoice-1st-mobile-phone-app-deaf-launches-kickstarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2014\/09\/rogervoice-1st-mobile-phone-app-deaf-launches-kickstarter\/","title":{"rendered":"RogerVoice&#8217;s real-time voice-to-text phone call application for the deaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/assets\/RogerVoice_app_user-e1411549476716.png\" alt=\"RogerVoice_app_user\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This week saw the launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/hello.rogervoice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RogerVoice<\/a>,\u00a0the 1st app which\u00a0allows people with profound hearing loss to read a transcript of a phone conversation in real time. Founders Olivier Jeannel\u00a0(CEO), Sidney Burks (CTO), and Pablo Seuc-Rocher\u00a0(CMO),\u00a0have been working since just 2013 to bring a truly independent\u00a0calling experience to the deaf and hearing impaired by seamlessly integrating voice recognition technology into calls.\u00a0 With RogerVoice, its founders\u00a0seek\u00a0to transform the lives of the 70 million deaf and hearing\u00a0impaired\u00a0around the world.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-26859 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/assets\/RogerVoice_Android_KS-e1411549372670.jpg\" alt=\"RogerVoice_Android_KS\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" \/>As RogerVoice\u00a0is completely technology focused and, thus, not dependant on human intermediaries at all, it has a distinct advantage over traditional phone-relay operators serving the hearing impaired community. More specifically, RogerVoice delivers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cutting edge tech:<\/strong>\u00a0Which puts them at\u00a0the forefront of communications technology, by using WebRTC, node.js, ASR, VoIP &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong>A couple of firsts:<\/strong>\u00a0RogerVoice is the 1st mobile app that allows deaf people to have a phone conversation, entirely using automatic voice recognition (ASR). It is also the 1st caption phone that is available worldwide, in English, Spanish, Italian, Polish, French, Japanese&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hacking accessibility:<\/strong>\u00a0Accessibility matters not just for disabled persons. Everyone benefits. Ergonomic, scalable, cost-effective &#8230; RogerVoice is part of a new breed of smart technology that innovates on accessibility in the 21st century<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prior to\u00a0their public launch this week, RogerVoice\u00a0has already been making waves having been featured at the M-Enabling Summit this past June as a panelist on the subject of mobile apps for the deaf and having won an award from SFR for \u201cbest digital services\u201d in May 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In speaking about what they&#8217;re looking to achieve,\u00a0CEO Olivier Jeannel adds:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;RogerVoice is part of what <a href=\"http:\/\/g3ict.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">G3ICT<\/a>\u00a0president Axel Leblois\u00a0calls m-enabling technology.\u00a0 No technology will replace human ability, but innovations like RogerVoice go beyond technology, they empower people, they liberate our potential.\u00a0 Accessibility benefits everyone.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;My favorite citation\u00a0is from Mary Pat\u00a0Radabaugh, Director of IBM National Support Center for Persons with Disabilities&#8230;&#8217;For most people, technology makes things easier.\u00a0 For people with disabilities, technology makes things possible.&#8217; &#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Their Kickstarter\u00a0campaign is off to a\u00a0great start having already achieved\u00a035% of their goal in just a couple of days.\u00a0 However,\u00a0if you&#8217;d like to play a part in helping them get to 100% (or more), you can\u00a0contribute to their campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/olivierjeannel\/rogervoice-phone-engaging-the-world-with-the-hard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font: 13px\/normal arial, sans-serif; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week saw the launch of RogerVoice,\u00a0the 1st app which\u00a0allows people with profound hearing loss to read a transcript of a phone conversation in real time. 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