Virtual human developed uses sign language to read out a web page

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Computer academics at the University of East Anglia (UEA) teamed with the Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) and Norwich-based animation company Televirtual to build Guido — a virtual signer.

[news.zdnet.co.uk...]

[monkeythumpa]

I don't get it, the system assumes the deaf person can type, but not be able to read. I don't know much about human development, but I think a precursor to typing is reading. I don't see how this is of much use.

[zulufox]

Ok, wait a minute.

The system is for people who:

Cannot Hear
Cannot Read
Can Understand Sign Language
Can Type

I must be missing something here...