DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 2, 2013
-- A deaf beggar near Deaflympics?
Dobri Dobrev, deaf most of his life, is a beggar, walking through
the streets of Sofia. This is where Deaflympics is taking place.
Did Deaflympics participants see him begging? Do not know - but
this beggar is different. He gives the money to Sofia's churches
for building repairs, and also to pay electric bills of the city's
orphanages. He walks over 10 miles per day, begging for money. He
does not beg for himself because he has his own retirement pension.
Why is it amazing? Dobri is 98 years old!
-- Learning a deaf language in few hours?
Could a person learn a deaf language in few hours? An instructor
says yes. DeafDigest editor asked a friend who is fluent in that
language, and the friend says it is possible. The language is
Cued Speech! Normally it takes 8 hours to learn Cued Speech, but
Aaron Cues (not sure if it is his real last name) says it is
possible to learn it in much fewer hours.
-- Regal interested in different closed captions
Regal is interested in a different closed captions. Instead of captions
showing on the screen with special glasses, these captions may show up
on another small screen below the picture screen. Sorry, special glasses
is still needed. 3D Experience, a company in Great Britain, is working
on that "below the big screen" captions. Regal is giving advice and feedback
for the 3D Experience engineers. Do we want to see closed captions on the
screen or closed captions on a 2nd screen below the big screen?
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