Deaf People Demand Better Communication From GPs, England
GPs are being urged to adopt online sign language translation software after concerns were raised at Deaf Day 2009, the UK’s largest event for the deaf community at City Lit in London. At the event, deaf people took the opportunity to put their names to a demand for surgeries to use SignTranslate. This internet-based translation program converts English to British Sign Language (BSL) as well as 12 foreign spoken languages.