DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, April 2, 2014
-- Netflix fails on its promise to help the deaf
Netflix is getting big, stronger and more popular.
Yet it does not help the deaf because captions on
Netflix videos continue as a big joke. An example
is captions blocking the subtitles in some videos.
And hearing people watching these captions have
told the deaf that what they hear is not same as
what they read on captions. Will Netflix continue
to promise us best services? Yes, but will they
fix their captioning problems? Probably not.
-- Sign Language ID wristband
A Sign Language ID wristband? Yes, in Japan, at
least in the western part of the nation. The Kochi
Prefecture Association of the Deaf is selling
these blue wristbands. It helps identify which deaf
and hearing people that know the Japanese Sign
Language. The wristband says "We love communication"
and hopefully it is supposed to draw two strangers
together into a sign language conversation on the
street. Will this work in USA? Well, if we see
a stranger with a Gallaudet or a NTID sweatshirt
then we know these people are deaf and can use ASL!
-- the one hour rule
A deaf activist explained to DeafDigest that the police
officers in some areas follow the "one hour rule" when
arresting a deaf person or stopping a deaf driver. He
would ask for an interpreter and then wait one hour.
If interpreter shows up, fine. If interpreter does not
show up, then the police officer is required to
communicate with notes. There have been cases of
police having to wait 3 or 4 hours for an interpreter
to show up after an arrest that took place a 2 AM
on a Saturday night!
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