Helping the Deaf Network Socially
Posted on 13 June 2007, at 2:52 pm, by Judie Lipsett
I just received a notice about a new service for deaf and hard-of-hearing tech users that I thought was pretty cool. Take a look…
CAMFROG ALLOWS DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING TO USE SIGN LANGUAGE LIVE OVER THE INTERNET
Austin, TX�June 13, 2007 Thousands of deaf and hard-of-hearing users have discovered Camfrog (www.camfrog.com), a free computer program that allows real-time two-way video communication over the Internet.
Until now, the choice of free online video communication for the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities has been limited to one-way video communication or pre-recorded videos. Now, by downloading free Camfrog software, users can sign to each other through the live video link between their computers, just like communicating in person.
Users can choose to sign with one person at a time in complete privacy or they can join a public video chat room to join group discussions in sign language.
When we created Camfrog, we didn�t consider how useful the program would be for people who use sign language, said Camfrog co-founder Jon Hundley. As more deaf and hard-of-hearing users joined the Camfrog community, we were impressed with how they adapted the program for signing, and how useful it has become for them. There’s even a sign now for Camfrog that one of our users created!
Camfrog users can make their own chat rooms or join existing audio and video chat rooms hosted around the world. Users can post a profile, block unwanted members, and have multiple simultaneous chats. Those who create their own chat rooms can remove anyone using inappropriate language. The most popular room for signing on Camfrog is the appropriately named SignLanguage room.
The basic version of Camfrog is free. A premium version, Camfrog Pro, which lets users view up to 100 video windows at once, costs $49.95.
To download Camfrog, visit http://www.camfrog.com.
About Camfrog
Camfrog (www.camfrog.com), launched in 2003, is a free software program that allows live audio and video conferencing. Users can view photos and profiles of other members, keep a friends list to see who is online, and conduct video, audio and text chats with individual or multiple users at once. The Pro version includes additional features. Camfrog works with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Apple MacOS X.
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March 19th, 2008 at 1:45 pm[...] the heels of my post the other day about about Camfrog, I received information from Susie of Deafeatures Limited, which hosts a site called VeeSee. VeeSee [...]
June 14th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Hey! If you want a social network site for deaf people take a look at http://www.veesee.co.uk and VeeSee TV. On our Community section we offer webcam-to-webcam facility (via the best video-streaming) in town – in a really cool environment and offer much more than just chatting and watch the first Deaf TV Channel offering 24/7 viewing of deaf programming. We are very new and growing fast………….get in the boat!!! Today!!!
You can contribute to reporting, contribute to programming, choose programming, blog, vlog, make the news, become a Deaf Citizen Reporter and much more. VeeSee TV is having a new server built currently because it has been so popular we are having to reply the original server which crashed through numbers!!!
Tell us what programmes you want and you want to make and we will support you in making them. We will support you in building your own business, doing teaching packages and much more.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU BIG TIME!! So get contacting info@veesee.co.uk. Forget camfrog make a deaf world today on http://www.veesee.co.uk!!! Come join us!!!