UbiDuo Success Stories
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Greg Carrier Located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. "UbiDuo has reinforced my independence and flexibility because it provides a more natural method of communicating with hearing people" |
| 1) How do you feel after using the UbiDuo to communicate freely with hearing people in different settings? For me, it's not really a question of feeling anything. I've always been very independent and flexible in terms of adapting to situations. If anything, the UbiDuo has reinforced my independence and flexibility because it provides a more natural method of communicating with hearing people. In fact, a lot of hearing people mention to me how much the UbiDuo is like a portable version of MSN, and since most people know how that works, they know how to work with the UbiDuo intuitively and just run with it. 2) What is your all time favorite UbiDuo experience? I'm a graduate student working towards my MA [Master of Arts] degree in medieval history. In May of this year [2008], I attended a major medieval studies conference in the US and I met another graduate student who was working in the same sub-field I was, namely medieval disability history, which is a very new and emerging sub-field within medieval history. One evening, she asked me if I had any information to share with her regarding my research, books to read, and so on. This was at about 9 pm; we ended up talking until very nearly 4.30 the next morning before we finally realized what the time was. We've gone on to become very good colleagues and close friends since. 3) What are your thoughts and emotions as you are able to hold your own conversations on the UbiDuo? Truthfully, I have to say that my answer for the first question applies here as well. The UbiDuo didn't transform my life as much as it reinforced my independence and reaffirmed that I was indeed on the right path. 4) What situations have you used the UbiDuo in such as meetings or social functions? I've used the UbiDuo at several academic conferences, in meetings with my MA supervisor, and when meeting new people. Often the UbiDuo ends up being a conversation starter because so many hearing people find it quite remarkable and comment upon it - it really is a very good icebreaker because before we both know it, we're carrying on a perfectly normal conversation! 5) What other comments would you want to share with the public about the UbiDuo? I really can't think of anything else to add here, except to affirm the comment I made at the end of the last question, that the UbiDuo really is a wonderful conversation starter - odds are that most deaf people would be very glad to explain how the UbiDuo works and, quite honestly, you'll be carrying on a normal conversation like you've always been old friends before you know it. |
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