Talking Signs
http://www.talkingsigns.com/

Talking Signs® technology is an infrared wireless communications system that provides remote directional human voice messages that make confident, independent travel possible for vision impaired and print-handicapped individuals. The technology was pioneered and developed at Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center in San Francisco, California.

Talking Signs may be used wherever landmark identification and wayfinding assistance are needed. The system works effectively in both interior and exterior applications. To use a Talking Signs system, the user scans the environment with the hand-held receiver. As individual signals are encountered, the user hears the messages. For example, upon entering a lobby, one might detect "information desk" when pointing the receiver directly ahead, "public telephones" when pointing to the right and "stairs to the second floor" when pointing to the left. Messages are unique and short, simple and straightforward. Needless to say, messages could be museum labels or other content descriptions.

Ward Bond
President
Talking Signs Inc.
812 North Blvd.
Baton Rouge LA
70802 USA
Email: ward@talkingsigns.com
http://www.talkingsigns.com

Jeff Moyer
670 Radford Drive
Cleveland OH
44143-1905 USA
Email: moyer@jeffmoyer.com