Yet another online service doesn’t provide captions or subtitles for videos. So what else is new? It would be a huge job for anyone to try to fight all the sites that don’t caption their videos, but the i711 article discusses the situation and what you can do.
Category: News
Steak & Shake Denies Service to Deaf Patron
My friend Karen Putz is the person behind the story! Captioned and ASL video. And of course, her blog entries on the topic.
BlackBerry Adds Relay Service
TMCNet.com reports that Sorenson Communications launches SIPRelay (Sorenson IP Relay) Mobile for BlackBerry smartphones. It works like a regular relay service. BlackBerry users download the software the first time they use it. The user enters the phone number to call. An operator calls the phone number and relays the deaf person’s messages by voice and …
Hear and Now
Wow, it’s been over a year since I mentioned Irene Taylor Brodsky and her film appearing at Sundance. Hear and Now has reached cable TV for those of us who don’t get to go to Sundance. Hear and Now premiered on HBO late last week and is still available for viewing. No HBO? I’m sure …
FAQs about Certificate of Deafness for Texas Tuition Wavier
The following questions and answers are specific to the Certificate of Deafness for Tuition Waiver: Do I need to submit a new certificate to my college/university each semester? No, the enabling statute states your certificate is good for the entirety of your program. The only time a college/university may ask for another certificate is if …
New Invisible Hearing Aid
The New York Times reports on a new hearing aid — new meaning completely different. Not behind the ear, not requiring surgery, not requiring typical batteries, not requiring full ear molds. The Lyric looks like an ideal hearing aid for those who don’t have severe or profound hearing loss. Wearers most likely have to give …
Marlee Matlin out of DWTS
Aww… Marlee Matlin was ousted on this week’s Dancing with the Stars. I hated to see her go, but the last two weeks didn’t go well for her and Fabian. After all, this is a dancing contest, not a popularity contest. I voted for her, of course. I had hoped she recover from last week’s …
On Broadway: Little Flower of East Orange
Deaf actor Howie Seago appears in LAByrinth’s “The Little Flower of East Orange” now playing off-Broadway at The Public Theater. It’s a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis (“Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train” / “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”), directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and tells the story of a hearing woman (played by …
Sweet Nothing in My Ear TV Movie
Marlee Matlin stays busy. On top of Dancing with the Stars, she has a TV movie coming out on CBS. Sweet Nothing in My Ear debuts on Sunday, April 20 telling the story of a couple (one deaf and one hearing) struggling with the decision of getting a cochlear implant for their son. Matlin’s character …
UK IVF Couple Wants Deaf Child
The Human Future points to a fascinating story of a deaf couple in the UK that has a deaf daughter. Now they want another child. The mother is in her 40s, so the coupled needs to do intro-vitro fertilization (IVF). OK, so what’s wrong with that? The couple may not get the deaf embryo. From …