IBM and Chinese Deaf Association Launch Real-time, Online Sign Language Interpretation From: Stanford Weekend Reading - 09/11/2009 IBM and the Chinese Deaf Association announced the launch of an online sign language interpretation service in Taiwan, aimed to provide video and audio instant messaging services to the deaf. The service, initially used to support the organization of the 21st Summer Deaflympics held in Taipei City from September 5 to 15, will benefit over 200,000 deaf and hearing impaired people in Taiwan. Read the entire article at: http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS19467+11-Sep-2009+PRN20090911 Links: iSign iHear http://www.isign-ihear.org.tw/ M-Taiwan Project http://m-taiwan.niu.edu.tw/m_1.html Chinese Deaf Association http://www.deaf.org.tw/