A speech to text powered software for hearing impaired

A new software by Fujitsu solves communication problems in meetings attended by hearing and hearing impaired members. The software called LiveTalk is designed for meetings involving multiple people sharing information. The tool basically uses speech to text conversion software to convert whatever the speaker is saying into a readable text in multiple computer screens. This helps people with hearing impaired to read whatever the speaker or another participant of the meeting is saying on their screens. Not only this software helps hearing impaired even otherwise for taking minutes of the meeting will become easier, so that whole conversation is converted into text format. LiveTalk is designed to have smooth two-way communication, with built-in functions for text input . Tools such as this will empower hearing-impaired to response immediately and participate in the meeting without any impediment. LiveTalk is developed and commercialised by Fujitsu Social Science Laboratory. The application is more significant in education where students with hearing impaired can advance in their education as good as other normal hearing capability. The software was developed with a 2013 grant from the Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications .