Hearing Loss/Deafness
Originally Submitted by NAD on Wed, 02/24/2010 – 11:16
Consumers can now file complaints directly with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), thanks to new closed captioning complaint rules by the FCC effective February 19, 2010. These new closed captioning rules, requested by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and consumer groups in 2004, make [...]
A recent blog posting about close caption that may be of interest: The Future Will Be Captioned: Improving Accessibility on YouTube
From now on, when you put a video up on YouTube it will get captions.
From Jennifer Glinos of DEAF, Inc.
DEAF, Inc. in Allston, MA is still accepting registrations and money for the upcoming winter/spring American Sign Language (ASL) classes (for levels 1-5). The deadline is Friday, January 15, 2010—-so register now!!!
The classes are open to all adults who are interested in learning ASL or want to continue their studies [...]
FYI, check out the latest in advocacy efforts on behalf of the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of hearing (MCDHH) at: www.rescuemcdhh.com.
And save the date – February 23, 2010 – for the 2010 Deaf/hard of hearing day at the State House.
Growing access to cultural events—arts, theatre, dance… is fantastic! From today’s Sunday Globe Arts section, WCOD’s own Kim Charlson is featured:
More ways for the blind, deaf to take in theater
By Joan Anderman
Globe Staff / December 13, 2009
Kim Charlson has seen “Fiddler on the Roof’’ more times than she can remember. Not seen, exactly – the [...]
this is great news!
YouTube videos will soon get captions
By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff | November 20, 2009
Soon you’ll be able to understand thousands of Internet videos even if the sound is turned down. With an assist from Boston public TV station WGBH, Google Inc. has developed technology that will automatically add on-screen [...]
At Perkins, high-tech is both future and now
$10m gift to help build new center
By Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff | October 20, 2009
Before Ashley Bernard got her new iPod Touch, the Perkins School for the Blind student could not use an MP3 player without help. But thanks in part to school officials, who encouraged Apple [...]
Former Perkins student gets a statue in D.C.
Posted on October 7, 2009 by Meghann Ackerman
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Helen Keller, who attended Perkins School for the Blind, will be the first disabled person to have a statue in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall. [continued….]
From Alberto Sifuentes:
NAD Calls Out Netflix on Captions
On September 9, 2009, the National Association of the Deaf requested that Netflix provide a captioned version of “The Wizard of Oz” movie that Netflix made available online, for free, for everyone on October 3, 2009. Netflix disregarded the NAD request along with thousands of letters, emails, comments, [...]
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