French Award Finalist

An organization working to improve the lives of deaf people is one of the 5 finalist for an award given out by the city of Paris. DEAFI has been around since 2009 (the name is a combination of the English word “deaf” and the French word “défi” which means "challenge"), providing video relay services along with business training and career tools. The 19 member company is in the running for Paris’ Grand Prix de l’Innovation award given out for entrepreneurship and innovation thanks to advances in its DEAFTAG program, where an icon on text-based webpages indicates there is a French sign language video available to interpret the French text. DEAFI will receive a prize of 15,000 euros if it wins.