A DVD offering advice to deaf people on crime prevention has been made by an officer after he realised sections of the community were missing out. ... and more » [...] more »

London, Mar 5 : YouTube videos can now be more accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing thanks to new automatic captions technology. [...] more »

New Video Contest Announced by Sorenson Communications Business Wire (press release) “The goal of the contest is to encourage the creation of video content that contains sign language, is deaf-related, or contains representations of deaf ... and more » [...] more »

A final act features Lelani and her deaf friend Mandy. Lelani stops to pick up Mandy and take her to a mutual friend’s birthday party, but when she arrives, she finds that Mandy is not quite ready because she has been busy making peanut butter cookies The pair uses the opportunity to share a number of signs with the audience regarding the ingredients in the cookies. [...] more »

When you watch a movie, the background music gives a good indication of what is about to happen. For example, if a young woman is walking toward a door that ... Bridge column: Bridge tipsSt. [...] more »

The Google engineer, who has been deaf since childhood, loved the Web because he could e-mail and chat without the aid of a sign language translator. ... and more » [...] more »

"Silent Games," a film about the Israeli National Deaf Soccer Team in five-a-side soccer, will be screened at The Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center in ... [...] more »

The film follows the lives of deaf actor Robert DeMayo, hard of hearing singer TL Forsberg, deaf rock 'n' roll drummer Bob Hiltermann, and deaf comedian CJ ... [...] more »

SIGN language translations will soon be provided in a number of major programmes being broadcast by Bahrain Television...."It is unfair to leave out the deaf from their basic right to know what's going around them - events, festivities and news." The council introduced sign ... [...] more »

ICEIDA asked her to do a video library on gainfully employed deaf Namibians for The Communication Centre for Deaf Studies. “I am very surprised at how many ... and more » [...] more »

Patrick Petronelli, a 2005 graduate of RIT/NTID, created Deafpals.com to make it easier for other deaf and hard-of-hearing people connect on a social ... [...] more »

The Web site, known as Accessible Emergency Information, covers 18 emergency preparedness topics and puts the material in a friendly format for deaf, ... [...] more »

Beacham is deaf in her right ear and has only partial hearing capacity in her left. She has worked for the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. ... [...] more »

TuTv, a joint venture of Grupo Televisa and Univision Communications, announced that it is joining forces with the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) to provide Spanish-language captions for selected short videos, also known as “vlogs,” produced in American Sign Language (ASL) by NAD. The vlogs will be available at the NAD website, www.nad.org. TuTv already provides closed captioning for its networks, including De Película and De Película Clásico’s extensive film library. [...] more »

The competition sees Deaf contestants of all ages and talents take to the stage for some weird and wonderful performances. From a 75 year old doing press-ups to a signing monkey, hip-hop routines to interpretive dance, this programme boasts a wide – and sometimes unusual – array of Irish Deaf talent. The winner of the ‘Deaf Factor’ will take home a prize of €500 worth of Prize Bonds from the Prize Bond Company Ltd. [...] more »