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‘The main purpose of Eye Speak and thevisual language is to embrace as many peopleas possible. The language of symbols hasexisted from cave paintings, thousands of yearsago ... Our technology was inspired by thei-pod, which has a lot of symbols. All we triedto do was to simplify the process of finding theicons, so that you could make your messagesvery quickly, and to make it fun.‘Paul Cilia La Corte,Lewis MoberlyHow does it work?Lewis Moberly developed an inclusivelanguage of symbols to enhance the abilityof those, whether hearing impaired or not,to get about or get together in environmentswhere ambient noise or broadcast soundmakes communication difficult. The productconcept is for a small electronic device thatfits into the palm of the hand or slips into apocket. Signs, symbols and pictograms canbe accessed from a database of categoriesvia the touch screen and arranged in syntaxto form sentences.The design team drew on existingpictogram-based vocabularies ranging fromMakaton (www.makaton.org) used by thosewithout speech to universally recognisedsignage in general use. They addedabbreviations, numerals and some newvisual concepts. To aid legibility, theonscreen characters are in black and white.18
project three:Digital Wayfindingby Roundel/Dalton MaagA project to develop design protocols forelectronic font displays.In the mistaken belief that moreinformation means better communication,a wide variety of electronic media havereplaced traditional signage in public places.Dot matrix displays, CRT screens, digitalprojection systems, LCD and plasma displaysare installed with little thought given toconsistency, readability or perceived authority.New display technology offers thepotential to do whatever you want but italso creates more opportunity for things to19 19
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