iPhone 4 FaceTime Deaf Communications Service Unveiled (Video)
07.10.10 by George Spyros, New York City, USA
The original 1-minute Apple FaceTime ad featured a couple chatting in American Sign Language (ASL). Now, the new service ZVRS makes it possible for the deaf and hard-of-hearing to communicate with the hearing is coming on line. The above video has Nancy Bloch making a ZVRS call on iPhone 4 to Carl Gustin, former Chief Marketing Officer for Apple and Kodak. He is now on the ZVRS board.
Still from the original Apple FaceTime tv ad
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[...] involving deaf folks not get foregrounded play in this round of spots. Especially with this iPhone 4 FaceTime service coming on line that bridges the gaps between the hearing and the deaf. This video is pretty heartwarming if we do say so [...]