Eventually, it might be possible to make a portable version of GRASP, taking input from the instrumented glove and outputting English. Originally, the system would only be capable of handling Signed English (a version of sign language where there is a one-to-one mapping from signs to English words, as compared to Auslan, which is really another language), but as natural language translation technology improves, it may be viable to go from Auslan to English. This would remove a great deal of the trouble members of the Deaf community have in interacting with non-Auslan speakers. Ideas for two way communication can be developed as Kramer [KL90,Kra91] has suggested, by having voice recognition software or a plain keyboard going the other way.