We all have embarrassing moments, and most of the time (we hope) we laugh at them later. Embarrassing but Funny Deaf Moments: I’ve zoned out at a green light a couple of times, too. From Ear of My Heart: Fire alarm story. Haven’t had one of those… yet! Deaf Womyn Pride Forgot to Turn off …
Category: The D Life
Deaf Person Speaks Too Well
I’ve talked to many people over the years about my speech. They tell me that it would be impossible to not have a deaf accent no matter how much speech therapy I get. Then I came across this from Dear Abby. DEAR ABBY: I am a deaf woman who was raised by a woman who …
Can Our Fingers Survive on Smartphones?
I’ve been wish washy about what smartphone to get next as I’ve had it with my current provider. The keyboard and features are great. The service is kablooey. It would be nice to stop carrying a phone and a PDA. I also own a Windows Mobile-based device and still prefer Palm’s. Like many others, I …
Report on SprintCaptel Experience
I just completed my first phone call through Sprint Web Captel’s service and it was wonderful. I used to make voice carry over (VCO) calls, but the problem is that they took me away from my computer and I couldn’t save the conversation on the Captel phone. I have used the TTY to make VCO …
Captioning Sucks
Admit it. It does! This is no April Fool’s joke. Many things happen on the first day of the month… well, why wait until May? My biggest frustration with captions are… * Too many videos out there and not enough have captions. Project readOn is trying to help… but it’s way bigger than any one …
Sprint Customer Service
Wow. I’m impressed with Sprint so far — and I am not even a customer yet. The company’s customer service e-mails are much better than my current wireless provider’s. My current wireless provider sends long e-mails where only one paragraph means anything to me. The rest sounds phony as it uses a poorly written customer …
The Deaf Super Bowl Commercial
The commercial we all wanted to see during the Super Bowl didn’t air during the game. Instead, it aired 30 minutes BEFORE the game. Yeah, how many people view the pre-game program AND watch the commercials? Most people assume the supposedly hot (some weren’t) commercials will air during the game — not before or after. …
Captioning Online Videos January 2008 Update
Nothing new has happened with regarding to captioning online or downloadable videos. I researched iPod captioning again to see if something had changed since the iTunes v7.4 comes with show captioning option as shown in iLounge. However, I came across DiveintoMark’s entry on how to view his videoblogs with captions. Reviewing this — we have …
The Nightmares of HDTV and Captions
It looks like technology for the deaf and digital don’t get along. I remember back in the ’90s when my company’s phone lines went digital. Well, the TTY didn’t work with digital and the company had to install an analog line for me. Last weekend, my husband went shopping for a new HDTV. He knew …
Winter Headband
It finally got cold enough for me to try the headband that covers the ears. When I tried it on, it looked like a good fit. But of course, I didn’t have my tennis sunglasses on to add to the bulk. At first, it worked well. When I adjusted the headband, I was surprised to …