S’pore-developed app helps deaf people take and make calls using speech-to-text technology

CallBridge team members (from left) Wayne Tan, Randall Koh Peng Siang, Tan Yeo Shi Lee, Cody Tan De Xian and Jocelyn Tan Xin Yee. - ST/ANN

SINGAPORE: For most of his life, 46-year-old Alfred Yeo has ignored all calls made to his phone.

As he has been deaf since the age of five, even straightforward interactions with most people, such as calls with bank officers, are not possible for him.