Articles posted on Fri, Jul 30, 2010
NPR Labs Offers Video Of Captioned Radio - Radio Ink
A video on captioned radio can be seen at NPR Labs' website, showing demonstrations of captioned radio for use of the deaf and hard of ... [...] more »
Interview with deaf actress Genevieve Barr from BBC 1 drama 'The Silence' - BBC News
'See Hear' meets rising star Genevieve Barr to talk about her first major TV role playing a deaf girl who witnesses a murder in a 4-part thriller, 'The Silence' [...] more »
AG: Theaters Must Be Accessible To Blind, Deaf - WCVB-TV
For the blind and deaf, going to a movie -- and following the plot -- may seem like a near impossibility. A recent Massachusetts settlement, however, may make it easier for them. The three largest movie theater chains in Massachusetts will undergo renovations to make their movies more accessible to the disabled because of a settlement reached by Attorney General Martha Coakley. [...] more »
Motorcycle racer Fiolek, who is deaf, looks to repeat last year's gold-medal ... - Los Angeles Daily News
When she lines up for today's 15-minute race in X Games 16, she will not hear the roar of her 250cc Honda motorcycle or the opening day crowd of the four-day multidiscipline action sports event, either. The 19-year-old from St. Augustine, Fla., has been deaf since birth. [...] more »
Deaf cancer patient wins fight for more access to interpreters at hospital - The Flint Journal - MLive.com
FLINT — A deaf woman who struggled for two weeks to communicate with doctors and nurses as she underwent tests and was diagnosed with kidney cancer now is ... [...] more »
Deaf Derby actress Emily Howlett aims for the top - BBC News
On set, the crew work around her deafness by banging the floor to signal different cues. Directors and coaches will also place themselves in her eyeline to ... [...] more »
IBM could help deaf communicate with the world - Inquirer (blog)
THE DEAF COULD COMMUNICATE with the hearing using a speech to signing translator developed by IBM. Called 'Say it Sign it', it uses a speech recognition ... [...] more »
LETTER OF THE DAY - Deaf drivers frustrated with Government's tardiness - Jamaica Gleaner
Early in 2009, the Government publicly announced that deaf persons would soon be able to acquire a driver's licence legally. The deaf community was very ... [...] more »
Articles posted on Wed, Jul 28, 2010
Cameroon: Deaf Empowerment Rekindles Hope - AllAfrica.com
Activities to mark the 15th anniversary of the Cameroon Deaf Empowerment Organisation took place in Yaounde last week. A one-week Deaf Arts Exhibition and ... [...] more »
Deaf supercross medal contender Fiolek succeeds despite handicap - San Gabriel Valley Tribune
The 19-year-old from St. Augustine, Fla., is deaf. " [...] more »
Australians to trial captioned phone service - iT News
Deaf and hearing impaired people can soon have real-time phone conversations with friends and family using a new technology similar to ... [...] more »
Articles posted on Tue, Jul 27, 2010
Deaf kids' driving ambition - Glasgow Evening Times
Glasgow Life and the Glasgow Deaf Golf Club have teamed up to provide golf tuition to deaf children from the city. The drive was launched at Ruchill Golf ... [...] more »
S'porean volunteer to develop sign language for deaf in Timor Leste - Channel News Asia
Developing a sign language for the deaf in Dili - that is what a Singaporean ... and more » [...] more »
Markey on Accessibility Bill: Today's 'Miracle Worker' Is Technology - TMCnet
Markey on Accessibility Bill: Today's 'Miracle Worker' Is Technology TMCnet "When I was chairman of the telecommunications subcommittee: -In 1990 -We made sure that Americans who are deaf could make telephone calls. ... Markey Bill to Make Technology Accessible to All Passes House, 20th ... [...] more »
New captioned phone helps deaf - TVNZ
New captioned phone helps deaf TVNZ Life for hearing-impaired grandmother Wendy Home just got better with the introduction of new captioned phone technology which will allow her to speak to ... [...] more »