Center
for Accessible Technology
in Sign
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Atlanta
Area School for the Deaf |
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Georgia
Institute of Technology |
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Center
for Accessible Technology
in Sign
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The Center for Accessible Technology in Sign (CATS) is a joint project between the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf and the Georgia Institute of Technology. CATS is dedicated to providing accessibility to learning via sign language. CATS' goal is to enhance language, literacy and general world knowledge by providing tools which make text, captions, video, web pages, and multimedia accessible to deaf users, particularly children.
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Join CATS
We are looking for deaf individuals, teachers of the deaf, parents of deaf children, and interpreters to join the CATS team. If you are interested in technology like you see here or have a good idea for a project you want to make, contact us. |
Tools and resources
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MySignBookLink
is a free online tool that allows users to type any word from
a book, magazine, newspaper... into a prompt box and see a sign, signed
definition and/or picture representing the word. |
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MySignLink |
MySignLink is a free online tool that allows users to select any word on a web page or type a word in a prompt box and see a sign, signed definition and/or picture representing the word. This tool has been awarded the American Library Association-Grolier Foundation award for making the greatest contribution to children's literacy in 2003. | ||
MySignVideoLink
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MySignVideoLink allows you to watch a captioned or subtitled DVD, pause it, and type a word you want to see a sign for into a prompt box and then see that sign | ||
MySignStoryTime |
MySignStoryTime presents the classic tales of Beatrix Potter in sign | ||
MySignBookWorm |
MySignBookWorm brings modern children's classics to life for readers via American Sign Language. Web design by AASD 9th grade technology classes. | ||
| Communication and language learning via interactive cooperation online (CALICO) provides an easy to use video chat tool and several social games for kids and adults to play and talk aboot. Kids can call their friends or schools can set uo video buddies with other schools. | |||
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The Electric Language, Learning, and Literacy Factory is the place for deaf children to be for signed video, books, and tools that make media accessible. Several of our CATS tools are there as well as access to DeafPlanet. Bring the kids, they want to come back often. |
MySignVideo
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MySignVideo offers signed videos on-demand. |
MySignCartoon |
MySignCartoon offers signed cartoons on-demand. This free on-line service currently contains more than 50 animated children's videos. It incldes classics like "The Three Bears", "Superman", and "Rudolf the red-nosed reindeeer" |
MySignToyBox |
MySignToyBox provides children with a signing playmate that is always there and never tires. Let the children have some fun. |
SalsaSign |
SalsaSign is a sign-enhanced version of Georgia Public Broadcasting's award-winning show for young children, Salsa. It provides hours of Sesame Street-like learning made accessible via sign language |
CatSoft |
CatSoft is a collection of free software and resources especially for deaf students |
CopyCat |
CopyCat is an American Sign Language-based educational video game which allows users to control the hero, by signing to the computer. |
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LifeLinks Tutor's foundation provides free tutoring for deaf students in all subjects. Highly reccomended by CATS. |
| 1001 Books in ASL Although not quite 1001, yet... this site has fabulous ASL stories. | |
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Net SignNews Signed newscasts. Great for anyone, anytime. National, international, sports, and deaf cultural news. |
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DeafMD provides ASL videos giving information on almost any medical topic imagineable |
Texas
School for the Deaf- Math |
Texas School for the Deaf- Math Signs- a math dictionary in sign |
| SignMeA Lesson | SignMeA Lesson- provides signed tutorials on many subjects |
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Contact CATS
Add
your videos to CATS. Many groups are
producing high quality signed material for deaf children but it is scattered
and not readily accessible to all. CATS can
host your video for free so it is available to more viewers. Contact
