FEATURES:
- Post fingerspelling messages as GIFs and images
- Use it with some of your favourite apps:
o Telegram
o WhatsApp
o Google Hangouts
o Instagram
o Facebook Messenger
o Facebook
o Skype
o MMS
- Share sign language stickers
- Select from 13 different sign language alphabets:
1. American
2. British
3. Australian
4. New Zealand
5. Brazilian
6. French
7. South African
8. German
9. Greek
10. Cypriot
11. Indian
12. Irish
13. Chinese
14. Russia
- Learn fingerspelling
- Spread awareness and access for all
- Includes text with fingerspelling messages
- Access to our web store
- Available on Android and iPhone
WHAT THE APP OFFERS:
- 2D representations of fingerspelling
- Handshapes from an alphabet being stringed together to form words
- Handshapes of an alphabet only (e.g. for most alphabets: 1 handshape of letter A, 1 of letter B, 1 of the letter C and so on…)
WHAT THE APP DOES NOT OFFER:
- 3D representations of fingerspelling
- Continuous, natural spelling of words
- Handshape variations (e.g. 2 handshapes of the letter A, 3 of letter B, 4 of the letter C (including "cle", "ch" handshapes), 2 HS of the letter D, and so on…)
INSTALLATION AND USE:
1. Download and install app
2. Enable keyboard: activate Connect Deaf
3. Switch keyboard: select Connect Deaf
4. Select your preferred sign language alphabet
5. Launch your social media app and when you click to type, the Connect Deaf keyboard will appear
Use sign language alphabets in mainstream social media and chat apps