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Hi, Mohamed Jemni from the University of Tunis. I represent MMS SIGN. MMS SIGN is an application that enables communication with deaf persons through mobile phones, especially deaf persons who cannot read.
This application converts instant messages to MMS containing the translation of the text to a video in sign language. This conversion uses the avatar technology.
For example, if I have a meeting with a deaf person and I need to tell him "I will be late" - so, I write my SMS and send it to the telecom operator - like this
When the SMS is received by the telecom operator, MMS SIGN converts this SMS to an MMS and sends it automatically to the deaf person as an MMS.
You see here - this is the MMS received by the deaf person and containing "I will be late" in sign language. So, this is the translation of the SMS via avatar technology.
For many deaf people, this is the only way to receive a message through their phone and the only way to use mobile technology to communicate and this is very important for many cases such as emergency, asking for help, to communicate with parents.
This service is already available in Tunisia with a telecom operator.