YES!
Tonight a New Zealand first took place - the first time a student in residence has been able to dial to her home a few hundred kilometers away and communicate via high-quality professional videoconferencing in NZSL.
Tonight a New Zealand first took place - the first time a student in residence has been able to dial to her home a few hundred kilometers away and communicate via high-quality professional videoconferencing in NZSL.
Tonight we were using an old $1.00 monitor with a TV converter because of last minute change of layout but the results were none-the-less quite extraordinary.
It is very late at night as I write this so I will post only one pix to record the event. The photo cannot possibly capture the atmosphere - one which was filled with raw emotion, hidden tears and thrilling excitement. For me it made all the months of effort worthwhile. For the family it was a dream come true and for the young girl involved it was an “awesome” experience. For privacy reasons I cannot show the other photos taken because I don’t have parental permission for her friends gathered around but within few days I will have some video footage edited and available here ...
Thank you to a lot of people but especially Brett, our systems engineer who has masterminded much of the “alternative” approaches used to make tonight happen. As a not-unexpected-side-effect, all of the friends gathered in the background are now intent on putting a little pressure on their families to get involved too. This is what we want of course and because of Brett’s ingenious lateral thinking we will be able to oblige using cost-effective installations.
Thank you to a lot of people but especially Brett, our systems engineer who has masterminded much of the “alternative” approaches used to make tonight happen. As a not-unexpected-side-effect, all of the friends gathered in the background are now intent on putting a little pressure on their families to get involved too. This is what we want of course and because of Brett’s ingenious lateral thinking we will be able to oblige using cost-effective installations.
