Vcom3D, Inc.’s innovative and cost-effective tools enable training and content development, as well as accessibility for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing.
The Vcommunicator product line’s multiple tools and libraries allow users to generate life-like 3D characters with realistic gestures and automatic lip-syncing for engaging platform-independent media (Flash, Windows Media, Quicktime, etc) across a variety of applications.
The award-winning Sign Smith product family utilizes similar technology to assist developers of educational resources, training courses and Internet websites in making their content accessible to those who use American Sign Language or Signed English.
The US Army uses Vcommunicator Mobile in Iraq to learn the region's language & culture as well as effectively interacting with the local populace while training developers at Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) are using the Vcommunicator Authoring Suite to develop web-based training for the National Cancer Institute. Gallaudet University’s Clerc Center uses Sign Smith Studio in its on-going Deaf/Hard of Hearing education and research.
Keywords: software, authoring tools, content development services, elearning, training, simulation, deaf, ASL, sign language, avatar 3D animation, signing, 3D characters, hearing, impaired