“It wasn’t the perfect solution because it only does one way right now, but they were glad to see there was something being developed that was targeted for them because that doesn’t happen very often.”

Yu said she hoped MSigns will have a positive impact on the education and employment prospects for the hearing impaired.

“Transcribers, when they take notes for the students, it’s still pretty difficult for hearing impaired students to interact inside a classroom or with students,” she said. “We want to fill that gap so they can more fully integrate into society.”