Pilot scheme launched for emergency SMS service
News The Royal National Institute for Deaf People has called for help in testing an emergency SMS text service. It wants people who are deaf or have a hearing loss to sign up to a national pilot scheme allowing people to SMS 999 for help from their...
[September 18, 2009, 9:54]
RNID joins in with UK Online push
News The UK government continued its drive to increase Internet take-up with a visit to the Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) on Thursday. The Internet is an ideal form of communication for deaf and hard of hearing people," explained John Low...
[July 10, 2003, 16:34]
Disabled and elderly excluded by new technology
News The Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) and the Disabled Guido Gybels, director of new technologies at the RNID, said technology has often hindered rather than helped full participation in society for many elderly, deaf, blind and disabled...
[May 15, 2006, 16:05]
When is a mouse not a mouse?
News The Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) is trying to address the problem of IT jargon with an interactive DVD which translates technology terms into a variety of UK sign languages. Collins explained that computer-based training can be...
[May 26, 2004, 16:55]
Extreme Blue: IBM's student demo review
Reviews The avatar was developed by the University of East Anglia and the system also uses a database of signs created by the Royal National Institute for the Deaf. SiSi stands for "Say It, Sign It", and is designed to aid communication with the deaf by...
[September 13, 2007, 14:18]
European ICT prize finalists announced
News UK companies ScanSafe and the Royal National Institute for Deaf people both missed out on getting a finalist spot — after appearing on a preliminary shortlist of 45 companies up for the award back in January.
[February 20, 2007, 8:06]
Avatar signs Web pages for the deaf
News Computer academics at the University of East Anglia (UEA) teamed with the Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) and Norwich-based animation company Televirtual to build Guido - a virtual signer.
[May 6, 2005, 13:35]
