Main content

大象传媒 Minute: On assistive technology for deaf people

Over 5% of the world's population - or 466 million people - has disabling hearing loss, that's according to the World Health Organisation. We speak to Jordanian entrepreneur Mahmoud Al-Darawsheh. His company Mind Rockets Inc. develops animated avatars that translate text or speech to sign language.

(Photo: A teacher teaching sign language to pupils at a school in France, 2015, Credit: Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)

Release date:

Duration:

1 minute

This clip is from