Why do we still use sign language?

[rightwinger]

It is the only way deaf people could communicate for over a hundred years

Now, everyone has a smart phone. Isn’t there an app that can do voice recognition?
A deaf person can also type a response and have the phone speak it

 

[Ringel05]

It is the only way deaf people could communicate for over a hundred years

Now, everyone has a smart phone. Isn’t there an app that can do voice recognition?
A deaf person can also type a response and have the phone speak it

I still use it to communicate with other tribes........

And occasionally other drivers..........

 

[Marion Morrison]

It is the only way deaf people could communicate for over a hundred years

Now, everyone has a smart phone. Isn’t there an app that can do voice recognition?
A deaf person can also type a response and have the phone speak it

Because there's still deaf people, dumbass. Without writing or phones, they still need a way to communicate.

Are you prejudice against deaf people or something? In case you didn't know: There is life beyond little smartphones. Perhaps you didn't, so there, I said it.

 

[jillian]

It is the only way deaf people could communicate for over a hundred years

Now, everyone has a smart phone. Isn’t there an app that can do voice recognition?
A deaf person can also type a response and have the phone speak it

actually, going by what I know about the administration and students at Gaullaudet University, they are very intent on retaining their individuality and means of communication.

 

[Marion Morrison]

I have some sign language for OP:

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Why do we still use sign language?

Good for secret messages.

 

[Ringel05]

Why do we still use sign language?

Good for secret messages.

That's why I still have my decoder ring.........

 

[usmbguest5318]

Why do we still use sign language?

Sign language is used by deaf people for a number of reasons. Perhaps the most important is that signing can be understood at a distance somewhat greater than that of the content displayed on a phone or uttered by one. Another is that signing, like speaking, generally is not constrained by battery life or access to electricity.

 

[usmbguest5318]

It is the only way deaf people could communicate for over a hundred years

Now, everyone has a smart phone. Isn’t there an app that can do voice recognition?
A deaf person can also type a response and have the phone speak it

I still use it to communicate with other tribes........

And occasionally other drivers..........

I still use it to communicate occasionally [with] other drivers..........

LOL

 

[Inmar]

 

[mdk]

 

[rightwinger]

It is the only way deaf people could communicate for over a hundred years

Now, everyone has a smart phone. Isn’t there an app that can do voice recognition?
A deaf person can also type a response and have the phone speak it

Because there's still deaf people, dumbass. Without writing or phones, they still need a way to communicate.

Are you prejudice against deaf people or something? In case you didn't know: There is life beyond little smartphones. Perhaps you didn't, so there, I said it.

No shit Sherlock

But deaf people have more technology at their fingers than just their fingers. There are high tech options available that do not require knowledge of American Sign Language

 

[Marion Morrison]

It is the only way deaf people could communicate for over a hundred years

Now, everyone has a smart phone. Isn’t there an app that can do voice recognition?
A deaf person can also type a response and have the phone speak it

Because there's still deaf people, dumbass. Without writing or phones, they still need a way to communicate.

Are you prejudice against deaf people or something? In case you didn't know: There is life beyond little smartphones. Perhaps you didn't, so there, I said it.

No shit Sherlock

But deaf people have more technology at their fingers than just their fingers. There are high tech options available that do not require knowledge of American Sign Language

So now you want to deprive the deaf people of knowledge, is that correct? Make them dependent on the technology, instead of self-reliant?

 

[rightwinger]

It is the only way deaf people could communicate for over a hundred years

Now, everyone has a smart phone. Isn’t there an app that can do voice recognition?
A deaf person can also type a response and have the phone speak it

Because there's still deaf people, dumbass. Without writing or phones, they still need a way to communicate.

Are you prejudice against deaf people or something? In case you didn't know: There is life beyond little smartphones. Perhaps you didn't, so there, I said it.

No shit Sherlock

But deaf people have more technology at their fingers than just their fingers. There are high tech options available that do not require knowledge of American Sign Language

So now you want to deprive the deaf people of knowledge, is that correct? Make them dependent on the technology, instead of self-reliant?

Opens up knowledge

 

[Marion Morrison]

It is the only way deaf people could communicate for over a hundred years

Now, everyone has a smart phone. Isn’t there an app that can do voice recognition?
A deaf person can also type a response and have the phone speak it

Because there's still deaf people, dumbass. Without writing or phones, they still need a way to communicate.

Are you prejudice against deaf people or something? In case you didn't know: There is life beyond little smartphones. Perhaps you didn't, so there, I said it.

No shit Sherlock

But deaf people have more technology at their fingers than just their fingers. There are high tech options available that do not require knowledge of American Sign Language

So now you want to deprive the deaf people of knowledge, is that correct? Make them dependent on the technology, instead of self-reliant?

Opens up knowledge

riiight.

 

[martybegan]

It is the only way deaf people could communicate for over a hundred years

Now, everyone has a smart phone. Isn’t there an app that can do voice recognition?
A deaf person can also type a response and have the phone speak it

Because there's still deaf people, dumbass. Without writing or phones, they still need a way to communicate.

Are you prejudice against deaf people or something? In case you didn't know: There is life beyond little smartphones. Perhaps you didn't, so there, I said it.

No shit Sherlock

But deaf people have more technology at their fingers than just their fingers. There are high tech options available that do not require knowledge of American Sign Language

it's part of their culture. Deafness as a disability is one of the easier ones to overcome, as most people are sight-centric anyway. Thus while it was something to overcome, being able to still be a productive member of society even without technology was easier than say a blind person, or a person without hands or the ability to walk.

Plus there were enough of them for them to form their own community groups, and sign language basically became their "native" language.

 

[Marion Morrison]

It is the only way deaf people could communicate for over a hundred years

Now, everyone has a smart phone. Isn’t there an app that can do voice recognition?
A deaf person can also type a response and have the phone speak it

 

[usmbguest5318]

It is the only way deaf people could communicate for over a hundred years

Now, everyone has a smart phone. Isn’t there an app that can do voice recognition?
A deaf person can also type a response and have the phone speak it

Because there's still deaf people, dumbass. Without writing or phones, they still need a way to communicate.

Are you prejudice against deaf people or something? In case you didn't know: There is life beyond little smartphones. Perhaps you didn't, so there, I said it.

No shit Sherlock

But deaf people have more technology at their fingers than just their fingers. There are high tech options available that do not require knowledge of American Sign Language

So now you want to deprive the deaf people of knowledge, is that correct? Make them dependent on the technology, instead of self-reliant?

opens up knowledge

???

Save for the knowledge that comes from recognizing some sounds, the knowledge of all of humanity is already "open" to deaf people. Moreover, some deaf people weren't born that way, so for those folks some of the knowledge that comes from recognizing certain sounds may yet be possessed by them. The challenge deaf people face is that they can't adequately hear, not that they can't read, write, emote, recognize emotions and in other ways communicate, all of which are the skills and capabilities one needs to access the overwhelming majority of humanity's knowledge.

 

[miketx]

It is the only way deaf people could communicate for over a hundred years

Now, everyone has a smart phone. Isn’t there an app that can do voice recognition?
A deaf person can also type a response and have the phone speak it

Simple answer, so you can communicate with deaf people.

 

[Tijn Von Ingersleben]

If I ran the world it would be compulsory for all deaf persons to wear mittens. I would also create an American Idol where only the deaf would be permitted to perform. Finally make that twaddle watchable.