In Europe and Asia, Deaf and Hard of Hearing people can call each other through their cellphones and see each other at same time! Why can't we do that here???
"Most U.S. cell phone networks lack the bandwidth to handle streaming video. As a result, cell phone makers do not offer many models that have adequate processing power to run video smoothly, and digital cameras in U.S. cell phones are on the opposite side from the display screen (which would make it impossible to see the person on the other end of the line while exchanging sign language)." http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cell-phone-sign-language
Do not despair! University of Washington got a grant of $500,000 to develop a way to resolve that problem. Check out their prototype!
All the main US phone carriers such as ATT, Tmobile, Sprint, and Verizon are keeping a close eye upon the University of Washington.
We may be able to talk and SEE each other on our cellphones sooner than we think........
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