Pedius, the app that allows deaf people to talk on the phone

Lorenzo Di Ciaccio is a young Roman with a degree in Computer Engineering. One day, on the news, he hears the story of Gabriele Serpi, a young man who was stranded on the street for hours due to a car breakdown because he couldn't make a phone call: he's deaf. An audio expert thanks to his studies, inventive, and eager to create a business that can do good, Lorenzo di Ciaccio thus founds Pedius, the smartphone app that allows deaf people to make phone calls and have normal conversations.

But how does the service work? Pedius uses a speech recognition and synthesis system. When the deaf user calls, they type on the display as in a normal chat, and the text is pronounced by an artificial voice. When the person on the other end speaks, their response is transformed into text on the device's display.

In practice, during a phone call, Pedius acts as a bridge between text and voice and works like this:

1. The user chooses the number to call, either from his contacts or by dialing it.
2. You can write what you want to say: Pedius converts it into an artificial voice and the person on the other end listens to it.
3. When the other person speaks, Pedius uses speech recognition and transcribes what they say in real time on the screen.
4. The user can then continue the conversation by alternating between text and voice.

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