Q D.C., there's Gallaudet University, and there are cafes around there where all the employees are deaf, but, but it's still This is a problem that needs to be solved, right? You can't just walk, walk into a store if you are hard of hearing or deaf and easily order if that person can't read lips, and it's challenging for the cross communications. You're thinking, how can I solve this problem?
A Absolutely, and so I started going to every single professor and every single professional who might have an expertise in this area, and I was told no so many times. I was told, really great idea, can't be done. Really great idea, we don't know where to start. This can't be done, and I refused to give up, and I remember I'm on the last two people that I could possibly ask, and I tell him the idea, and he's like, I like it. Let's do it. And I remember being shocked. I was like, are you kidding? Are you, like, yanking my chain? Like, are we messing around here? Um, he was like, no, I love you. He's like, I'm super busy, but I have another professor who's gonna love to help you. We have some students who interned for NASA who've been looking for a passion project.
AI assessment note: “so I started going to every single professor and every single professional”