Ava: Seamless conversation experience for Deaf & hard-of-hearing
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- [NB: TRANSCENSE BECAME AVA - AUDIO VISUAL ACCESSIBILITY IN JUNE 2015]
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-- The first worldwide app for Deaf/Hearing communications in group conversations --
Everyday, 360M people are left out from group conversations, because of hearing loss. This leads to social and professional exclusion.
The good news? With Ava you only need a smartphone to understand and be understood. It shows who says what, in real time.
This is really your new 24/7 personal captioner.
Join us in our mission to break communication barriers.
www.ava.me
I am deaf. I am from Madurai, Tamil nadu, India. & Ava is awesome app. thank you
Tamilnadu
Thank you! This app will change the world for people with hearing loss.
Great to see you at the HLAA Convention 2015.
Ann Thomas
Trustee
HLAA-CA
:44 is way too real. I'm not anti-social or on any spectrum, but when you're hard of hearing it's near impossible sometimes to follow even basic conversations. With a lot of ambient noises, especially white noises, in the background? I grew up not having a lot of friends and not interacting with people much because of that, and even now I tend to avoid it because for the most part it's just too hard to communicate with people. You guys really understand that, I appreciate that even just being acknowledged, much less the premise of this video. I have to check this app out.
We're really proud to shine a light on these kinds of situations, especially because Ava was started to address the need for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing folks to be included in hearing conversations. It's really touching for us that this resonates with you, Alexander 💙
Hope you're able to try out Ava and see for yourself what inclusion can look like! (If you haven't already, you can download the app here: ava.me/dl)
That app works for deaf people and hard of hearing people. I am deaf techie i try that app but it not for me so i decided to support your team.
The idea is great, but it would be smarter if you only use one device with voice recognition. The problem is with the main idea is, people have to download/buy your app and have a smart phone, and 2 people out of ten is a douche and won't download anything for the new guy in the group. I know it's much harder with voice recognition, but it's still possible.
Hi Tamas,
We understand the problem. Technology has its limitation, and the one you are mentioning is not yet possible to deliver the best user experience in our opinion. But we're working on even better solutions to help you accommodate this situation anyways.
Stay tuned ;)
I wish you good luck to make this App come to life! :)
Does the app have to be 'trained' to a specific persons voice before it's used? If so, isn't it possible to just save that person's voice profile and load different voice profiles onto just one phone, so only one phone will be needed at any time during conversations.
Thanks for your comment Rock2Hal, we appreciate your interest in Ava! Your feedback is valuable for us, we will for sure think about that :).
This will be good for those who aren't deaf/hoh too. I have high functioning autism and auditory processing disorder, and remembering conversations too. Only thing is my reading isn't that great. So I would hope that we can save conversations and also be able to scroll back to read it, etc. Also for those that mumble (like me) and accents, etc. would that mis-translate what they would say too? :)
Hi there, not sure if you get to try Ava yet. If not, please download it here: ava.app.link/youtube-a :)
Oh c'est trop cool! Je le veux !!
This looks very interesting and I've funded with great hopes. Thank you for focusing on a modern technology solution.
Thanks for your comment Nakali, we think too it's time to put the latest technologies at work for some important problems.
Since I am hard of hearing and American Sign Language like France in my life, I hadn't been spoken with Phonetics/phonology . I studied about Spoken Language as likeness as any Spanish, France and other to use Phonetic by lip speech and voice to hear. The most of popular is Sign Language to help children or Babies who have been problem with Dyslexia , Loss Hearing age and Aphasia of Speech to help development for reason that They reduced with problem in future. I just honest in the world about which most of Dr. Doctors or Medicals didn't let Children and babies to take Sign Language. If not, online Deaf Culture!
Update: Here is the link to download the latest version of Ava: ava.app.link/youtube-a :) The app is free now. Please try it and let us know your feedback.
Fantastica soluzione, congratulazione,
Wow...amazing
Can someone please make a smartphone-type device dedicated SOLELY to speech recognition software like AVA (and maybe texting), but very simple otherwise? There is a whole group of senior citizens out there who are hard of hearing, but they can't handle the complexities of a smartphone. I'm thinking of something like a Pocket Talker, but just for speech recognition converted to text. Something with an on/off switch, display screen, microphone button, send button, and NOT MUCH MORE!!!
Plz Start Ava Services in India via Google Play
As someone who is hard of hearing I must say the booming background bass was a bit brutal
Amazing!!
Awesome! it would lead to promotion my present position to new position.
+Trek MCS Not sure if you have tried the app yet? If not, please follow the link here to download it: ava.app.link/youtube-a :)
I would love to have this.....Is this app even out or are they still working on it?
+JayFoxFire Hi! The app has not been released yet, but is coming out soon. To get an early access to Ava you can sign up on our website www.ava.me. Thank you for your interest in Ava and your support, we really appreciate that! Have a great day!
I'm a linguistic student who also has snhl. Phonetics/phonology class was difficult because I couldn't hear certain combinations of sounds. Also in my classes as well as my old job (bookstore at a training center) we interacted with a lot of ESL speakers. Would your app be able to pick up (and understand/interpret) those differences? What about other languages? What about those without smartphones? Would it be affordable to lower-income people? Obviously this is just a starting ground but I am VERY interested to see how this technology develops.
I lost my hearing several weeks ago now am totally deaf. I have tried to get someone from AVA to explain to me ( 86 years) how to get the annual community program on my iphone. If there is anyone that can explain it to me in plain English, I'm really dumb about social messaging but can with a little help figure it out.
what is apps called!??? I can't find any links!
+Adam Carl Breeze Hi! Thank you for reaching out! The app is called Ava, a short & sweet name form audio visual aid. We are still working on it and are doing our best to release it very soon. You can get an early access to Ava through our website www.ava.me, by signing up. Thank you for your interest! Have a great day!
Hi Adam, not sure if you have received our email with the link to download the app. If not, please follow the link here to download it: ava.app.link/youtube-a :)
This article published on October 13, 2014. Any update news this year?
wish set up in New Zealand look great
Hi Darryn, we are indeed available in NZ :) Download the app here on iOS/Android here: ava.app.link/youtube-a
Hi, what about other languages? Will be other nonenglish languages supported in time? I'm deaf, and app like this would help me a lot in group convos, where it's hard for me to keep up. And what about talking with someone who doesn't have a mobile phone, can it still listen both speakers? Thanks in forward and greetings, Luka
Hi Luka, Ava also works in languages other than English. Did you already try the app? If not, please follow the link here to download it: ava.app.link/youtube-a :)
I know that English is the language you focus on, but what other languages are supported?
Hi there, we support a wide range of languages. Are you looking at any specific language? Please use this link - ava.app.link/youtube-a directly on your mobile browser to give the app a shot :)
How for the deaf communicate back
I am certifying businesses to be hearing friendly in San Diego so far. I have the app downloaded. Am HOH, but can hear fairly well. I looked on CZcams and Emailed. I need step by step instructions on how someones use this app. I will try AVAtonite before I present it to one of my clients. And is it okay to get the word out through a post for HearC.com? It looks great. If your still looking for funds let me know as well as perhaps we can work collaboratively together in changing the world and access for those of us with hearing loss.
Hello Terasa, thanks a lot for your message. Let's definitely keep in touch, I'll reply to your email today :) !
Is it available in French ( I mean French speech recognition) ?
Hi Daniel, yes :) Ava works in multiple languages. If you want to give it a try, please download it here: ava.app.link/youtube-a
Is there an update on your product? We are curating "things" that can aid our parents to stay in there homes longer and have a full life. Our site is things2day.com. My father is deaf and he doesn't join us at family functions because it is too hard for him. He leaves every event with a headache. I am interested in your solution for our website as well as my personal need.
Totally useless video for us hard-of-hearing people without
captions!!
Hi +Vivianvickie, the video is indeed captioned. You can access them by tapping on the CC button. We haven't hardcoded them on the video as we want to make it accessible in a couple of other languages and hence added the captions separately.
You're hard to understand -- and I'm not deaf. Speaking of "doing better," couldn't you get someone who speaks English to do the English narration?
+Rafael Fontes Wow. Just wow. There's captions.