FromTheGrapevine - Find out why a video messaging startup has joined the ranks of Microsoft and Google.
We've all heard the hit song "Let it Go" from the Disney movie "Frozen" enough times to, well, let it go. So when film director Jules Dameron decided to make her own music video of the now ubiquitous song, the bar was set high for coming up with a unique rendition.
So how was Dameron's music video different? It was sung in American Sign Language, and used an entirely Deaf cast and crew.
And for Dameron, who herself is Deaf, communicating with that many people on set was made simpler thanks to a video messaging app called Glide.
"I instantly fell in love with it," the Hollywood-based director told From The Grapevine. "For once, I felt like I could function, and fully express myself through communications with everyone that I used sign language with. I just adored the fact I didn't have to rely on English text anymore.
American Sign Language is a completely different language with its own set of grammar, rules and structure, and for me to discover a social medium to express just that, as opposed to English, meant the world to me."... Read more: http://www.fromthegrapevine.com/innovation/glide-deaf-app
Keep up with Glide:
Download Glide - https://goo.gl/niox9g
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TwitterApp - https://twitter.com/glideapp
Twitter - https://twitter.com/sarahglide
Instagram - https://instagram.com/sarahglide
Official site - http://glide.me/
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Glide - Video Messaging In The Deaf Community
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