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Using voice over IP to bridge the digital divide: a critical action research approach
(Telkom, 2003)
There is a great disparity between those who have access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and those that do not. This phenomenon forms part of the Digital Divide. Many ICTs may be used to help overcome ...
SoftBridge in action: the first Deaf telephony pilot
(Telkom, 2003)
Following on several partial prototypes, we built an automated Deaf Telephony bridging application with the SoftBridge platform. The SoftBridge performs multi-modal bridging in real-time using Text-to-Speech (TTS) and ...
Floor control arbitration for a hybrid voice/text web-board
(Telkom, 2003)
We have built a hybrid voice/text web–board that utilizes floor control for handling resources such as microphone and interface events. The aim of this research is to determine the most appropriate floor control mechanism ...
SoftBridge: a multimodal instant messaging bridging system
(Telkom, 2003)
Instant Messaging is traditionally a text only a air. However, there are instances when it would be useful to bridge to other types of media, like speech. The SoftBridge is an application framework that enables this kind ...
Handheld fast-track feedback instant messaging
(Telkom, 2003)
As mobile devices and networks become more data-centric, text messaging requires an extension of co-presence capabilities for better interactive discussion between input/output handicapped handheld users and their free ...