Patent AU-2020103820-A4 (AU)
Title: SUSAN- Sign [Languages]Universal Sign [Languages] Auslang New
Inventor: GOMEZ GANE DARIA SANCJHA ANNA
IPC: G09B21/00
Filed: 2020-12-01
Granted: 2021-02-11
Abstract: .  
The expected outcome of the SUSAN Invention is to significantly (by fostering easier interactions and 
by bridging - through well-coordinated available technological means and interactive aids - the gaps 
between linguistic groups) increase opportunities for the groups otherwise more at risk of missing 
out on social inclusion, study, training and work openings or even of ending-up in isolation and of 
developing significant mental health issues (such as depression and anxiety - the latter possibly, for 
instance, in the case of Blind- Deaf people, for instance those with Asher's syndrome (source: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjFOtlqjmxg; Accessed online 11/02/2019).  
Once the SUSAN Translating and Teaching Tools, based on [initially some of - see Claim 1] the ONU 
recognised/official Sign Languages, are in use, given many emphasize "the linguistic rights of deaf 
people - the right to sign language and education in sign language"- thus making "a sign language 
Dictionary" [let alone multi-media/multi-Language interactive Dictionaries] "an important 
milestone", it is hoped that it will help the momentum grow also in Developing Countries and that, 
afterwards, the Tools can be implemented further, continuously, once new local Sign Language[s] 
Dictionaries [both printed, and, for our purposes, multi-modal/video/interactive, etc.] are created, 
world-wide.  
The SUSAN Translating and Teaching Tools are intended as much for the benefit of hearing people as 
they are for that of hearing impaired/deaf people; it might be expected that it will have at first the 
most beneficial impacts on hearing impaired/deaf people, but then the ripple effect on their 
families, friends and communities will signify benefits for the rest of humankind as well. It can help a 
significant paradigm shift, in human communication, take place - potentially on a massive, planetary, 
scale.  
The SUSAN Translating and Teaching Tools are also foreseen as potentially extremely useful 
technological means to record, divulge and preserve Australian Traditional Languages (spoken, 
according to author David Crystal [in "How Language works", 2006, Penguin Books] by an estimated 
300,00 people in the 1 8 th century - when there were around 500 Languages - and only by some 
30,000 at present, in the 2 1 ' Century - when the number of different Languages still spoken has 
dropped down dramatically: to 250!) for posterity.  
The claimed invention SUSAN and ITs Cheiromata[s]: SUSANITA and REPLICANTE is /are aimed at 
approximately 25 MILLION [Deaf and/or Hearing Impaired] people world-wide (some 3.5 million 
here in Australia), so only a fraction of the global population, but still an important minority group of 
our "global village", being a group possibly in (eventually chronical) isolation and disadvantage. The 
claimed invention [2019100545/SUSANSUSANITAREPLICANTE] is intended to address some of the 
problems and social issues of the above mentioned group of people - their families, extended 
families, local communities and International community - and remove major inter-/cross- [Sign] 
Languages communication barriers.  
18
Figure: S 
Figure: Z 
17