Social-Media
Meta adds sign language interpreters to Portal video chats.
Meta (previously Facebook) has integrated video relay services (VRS) to its Portal video calling devices, allowing English or Spanish sign language interpreters to join video discussions.
To bring this new feature to life, the social media giant has partnered with ZP Better Together, a digital business that creates communication solutions for deaf and hard-of-hearing users.
ZP and Meta are providing a compelling new experience for those who use American Sign Language. The combination of ZP's applications and video relay service with the Portal's Al-powered Smart Camera, which automatically keeps people in frame, is game-changing. It provides simplicity, connection, and the ability to move and interact with both hands, In a statement, Mike Shebanek, Meta Head of Accessibility, stated.
In addition to ZP's VRS apps, Portal provides a range of third-party apps that allow you to communicate with friends, family, and coworkers, as well as apps and features to keep you occupied. Connect with friends or coworkers by using Messenger, WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom.
When Facebook began selling the Portal TV, a gadget that allows users to perform video chat using their own TV as the screen, in November 2019, industry critics and privacy experts were quick to condemn it.
There are four Facebook Portal gadgets, including a large one that debuted in 2018, two frame-sized devices, and the $149 Portal TV, which uses TV as a large video chat screen and has exceptionally high-quality wide-angle optics.
