DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, January 3, 2014
-- deaf could know ice cream truck is coming without hearing the bell
For years, hearing children knew ice cream truck was coming
into their neighborhood just by hearing the bell. It is different
with a deaf child, having to look for the truck to come by. Not
any more? In Eslov, Sweden, the ice cream man sends text to tell
the neighborhood kids that his truck is coming soon. Why the
change? The hearing neighbors complained that the bell was
too loud for them. It forced the driver to stop using the bell!
Maybe this is the best way for the deaf to know of these trucks.
-- how does a deaf-blind law school student keep up in classes?
DeafDigest mentioned a while ago that Haben Girma, who is
deaf-blind, is taking law school classes at Harvard. How is
she able to keep up with the classes? Different ways -
Harvard disability service office converts text books into
braille; digital screen displays are converted again into a
braille printer; files saved in flash drives are converted
into a digital braille computer; a "notetaker" types questions
on Apple which also goes into braille computer. DeafDigest
does not know if she uses a tactile sign language interpreter
since it was not mentioned in an interview with her.
-- captions turned off at end of the Derrick Coleman interview
Derrick Coleman, who is deaf, is the #1 favorite player
among deaf fans that root for Seattle Seahawks. He was
recently interviewed on the NFL website, and yes, this
interview was captioned. But at the end of the interview,
the rest of the video was not captioned. Deaf fans watching
the video were not too happy about it - and - screamed at
the NFL. Anxious to make deaf fans happy, NFL has agreed
to fully caption the entire video, and not just the
Derrick Coleman interview only. What is next - for deaf
fans that root for their own favorite teams to demand
that team website videos be captioned. Will NFL do that?
Hope so.
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