The "everything technology" on communication for everybody

I am continually amazed with the ongoing improvements in the field of communication technology, especially benefitting those with hearing loss. And how technology can almost literally give people the gift of "hearing." In other words a way to communicate with hearing people through real time interaction such as using the UbiDuo face to face communication device as if you are a "hearing" person interacting with a hearing person even though no voices are used or exchanged. What makes UbiDuo unique is the real time conversation that takes place and without waiting for a typed response each time you send it out and wait for a reply. The key to this "everything technology" on communicating with deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people is the real time conversation nature it requires. The UbiDuo satisfies that. So does the video phone when it comes to signing and talking. So does using the phone for everyday conversations used by billions of hearing people when interactions are done in real time. Even Google has gotten into the act through YouTube by establishing a free service using their voice recognition software to transcribe the spoken words on YouTube videos into captioned words. A perhaps someday soon a much improved speech recognition software will able to transcribe the spoken words in real time. Though this YouTube's version is not entirely perfect but it's a start on the merging of communication technology with the growing social networking field.

Right now, I see on the horizon things will change and improve for the better on communication technology for deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people when this "everything technology" will gradually meet everybody's communication needs and be a part of the growing social network society. A society where we are tethered and connected to each other. Communication technology will continue to diversify, merge, adapt and change from the many hundreds of different companies from Research in Motion (they make Blackberries), communication carriers like AT&T and Verizon, YouTube, Facebook, sComm (the maker of UbiDuo) and many, many more. There is always room to grow while being resourceful and inventive with new ideas on how to make it all seemlessly work together. But some of the best inventive ideas comes from people with hearing loss. I can guarantee you one thing. We will see more of these things explode in the days, weeks and years ahead of us when it comes to communication technology. So, be sure to keep your eyes and ears open or you just might miss the ride.