Brief History
96 ITC/UEA/Televirtual Sign-Anim project begins
Sept 97 First public demo of Simon at RTS
Jan 98 Meeting with 5 major deaf organisations
98 Norway conducts 6-month trial using MPEG-2
98 Post Office supports over-the-counter comms
Jan 00 International ViSiCAST consortium begins 3-year development programme