The system’s called LAMA (Location Aware Messaging for Accessibility), and it’s been developed by research students at IBM. It’s designed to be used in public spaces like airports, train stations and hospitals.
When deaf people enter these spaces, their phone will recognise the LAMA system, and deliver public service announcements – delays, boarding calls or emergencies – to their phone in whatever format they’ve asked for: text or picture message, or a vibrating alert.
However, before the service can actually be commercially launched, the researchers say more buildings will have to be fitted with “intelligent infrastructure”, and smartphones would have to become more popular. Although if this technology was in place, it’d be a big incentive for people to upgrade their handsets.
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