Sign Language inside Emails [www.videomail.io]

$370 of $2,112 goal
Given by 9 generous donors in around 5 months

I am asking Videomail users to give back a little bit for covering the running costs I have paid out of my pocket for years.

International

www.videomail.io is the one and only free online service where Deaf people can email in Sign Language right away. It's unique, and becoming more and more popular. Initially started as a science project of mine, Michael Heuberger, it is now heavily used by Deaf people around the globe.

65% of its traffic comes from New Zealand alone. Deaf people in Aotearoa use it heavily, as Videomail helps them a lot in their everyday lives. Modern technologies still do not fully embrace Sign Language. That's where Videomail comes to the rescue, and makes Sign Language inside emails possible!

After 4 years of development, it's now stable, and can be used anywhere, even on smartphones. It's free for everyone. The code is open source and can be found on GitHub, for reuse on any other contact pages.

My long term goal is to turn this into a serious product where the sound/audio will be a purchased add-on. With the revenue from audio, part of it would be returned to the Sign Language community, which is a cultural minority.

To keep Videomail running, I'm now asking for your help to cover running costs, which I have in the past paid out of my own pocket.

Use of funds

The funds would cover running costs for 2018/19. Due to high traffic and heavy disk usage from video recordings, monthly fees are NZ$176; over 1 year this comes to NZ$2,112.

These costs are crucial to keeping Videomail's excellent service running 24/7.

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Latest donations

Hidenari
Hidenari on 06 Feb 2019
Great job!
$20
Deaf Wellbeing Society
Deaf Wellbeing Society on 25 Nov 2018
This is such an important service for our community.
$100
RACEL
RACEL on 25 Sep 2018
Videomail is a real gem and I now can't imagine going without it in my every day business life. It's a very accessible and NZSL-dominated way of effective communication that eliminates a risk of a common misunderstanding we often experience through texts and written emails. Thank you for your innovation, Michael
$50
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 23 Sep 2018
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Kevin McCready
Kevin McCready on 22 Sep 2018
$40

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This campaign started on 19 Sep 2018 and ended on 4 Mar 2019.