DeafDigest Blue - October 1, 2017 Blue Edition Barry Strassler, Editor http://deafdigest.com - updated every Monday America's Unique Deaf Stories; subscription at no cost to you Serving the Deaf Community since 1996; 21st year -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- subscription changes, go to deafdigest.com and click on subscribe and follow the screen weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com/ (updated every Monday) Employment ads web site is at: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Last week's ASL Videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/united-captions/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/easy-lip-reading/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/hearinggestures/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/whisper/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafDigest welcomes unique deafnews tips; mailto:barry@deafdigest.com sources of unique deafnews are never revealed; always confidential -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- ASL interpreters helping ASL teachers http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/robotic-asl-hand/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: The CEO of the Botswana Society for the Deaf has been arrested for embezzling the agency funds. This case will go to trial. British artist David Hockney became deaf while he was younger. He said his deafness helped sharpen his sense of space and perspective while drawing. It costs $1,200 to pay for a bulletproof vest for K-9 dogs. The students at the St Mary's School for the Deaf in Buffalo, NY raised $2,500 to buy two vests plus medication for the dogs. Downtown Fargo (ND( will be having these ASL bike racks, as a way to promote the needs and awareness of the deaf. Parole was denied in Florida for a deaf man who was convicted of murder in 1981, a crime his attorney and friends said he never committed. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- READ WHAT THEY SAY Unlock the phone with CapTel® Captioned Telephone! CapTel shows word-for-word captions of everything a caller says over the phone, letting you read everything that they say - Like captions on TV – for the phone! Captions are provided by a free service, no monthly fees or contracts required. For more information or to order call 1-800-233-9130 V/TTY or visit http://www.weitbrecht.com/captel.html For more info about CapTel or any of the many assistive listening devices we offer, email: mailto:sales@weitbrecht.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! CapTel® Captioned Telephone – See What Everyone is Talking About! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com (updated every Monday) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Dr. Steven L. Rattner, P.A. & Associates Deaf Dentist; College Park. MD & Gaithersburg, MD (near Washington, DC & Frederick, MD & also Metro Washington) Complete Dental Services; assistants either know ASL or are deaf more information: http://www.drrattner.com/our-team/meet-our-team/ to contact Dr. Steven L. Rattner, P.A. & Associates: http://www.drrattner.com/contact/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube ALMOST IGNORED A GESTURE There is a confusion between ASL and gesturing. A deaf woman was in a room with a hearing woman. That hearing woman always gestured when talking with others. The deaf woman always ignored her. But this time the gesturing hearing woman was trying to talk to the deaf woman, and was ignored. It can be embarrassing. - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/hearinggestures/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A deaf man and a hearing man were out on the golf course, playing golf. The deaf man thought the hearing man said, while pointing his finger: This is a shack The hearing man actually said: This is a shank (making reference to a bad shot by another golfer) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube THE HEARING WHISPER We often see hearing people whisper something into other hearing person's ear. It is like telling something about a big secret that they don't want others to know. We also know that this whisper is very quiet with very low voice so others can't hear. Why would some hearing people whisper something into a deaf person's ear knowing that the deaf person cannot hear it? And also why would these same hearing people speak so loud with that whisper on deaf person's ear? A big mystery. - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/whisper/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series As I began to think about the theme of "Back to Basics," I realized that many people do not understand the differences between realtime or online captioners and offline or post-production captioners and the different jobs that they perform. A captioner isn't just a captioner. Realtime or online captioners write the captions simultaneous with the production. Therefore, they must be able to transcribe accurately at high speeds. They use the same skills as a court reporter. An offline or post-production captioner may not transcribe the captions. An offline captioner may only be responsible for timing and positioning the captions after someone else has transcribed the audio portion of the television show. Offline captioning cannot be used for "live" programming and is generally used on shows such as sitcoms, dramas, and other shows that are prerecorded -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com for Special Notes, go to the bottom of the Gold section -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -- Deaf Job of the Day (each day new job announcement) http://deafdigest.com/deaf-job-of-the-day/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: In folklore, the number 13 may be a sign of jinx, but to TV captioning activists, it is a number of mystery. FCC regulations, some years back, decreed that all new TV sets, bigger than 13 inches, must be captioned. Why 13? The perception is that the smaller the screen, the harder it is to read captions. But if we have proved we can read the text messages on our tiny pagers, then captions can be read on the smallest TV sets possible. Even on "wrist TV sets", captions can be read. These activists are asking the FCC to remove the 13 inch captioning threshold. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: The National Association of School Psychologists passed a resolution to support the needs of deaf students in all school settings. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- subscription changes, go to deafdigest.com and click on subscribe and follow the screen weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com/ (updated every Monday) Employment ads web site is at: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafDigest Copyright 2017 by Barry Strassler, DeafDigest. 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