DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, December 10, 2013
-- The big Netflix promise
Netflix has already captioned over 80 percent of their
videos. Their goal is 90 percent by 2013 (3 weeks left)
and then 100 percent by 2014. What about new videos?
Netflix says the future goal is "same time" captions;
right now it is 30 days of waiting. One thing that
Netflix won't promise - and it is serious - is
video compatibility! What this means we risk seeing
garbled captions or no captions on already captioned
videos! If this happens, much of Netflix's efforts are
wasted.
-- our immigrants and refugees
Various data and information from the federal government
are saying one thing - that some immigrant groups have
higher numbers of deaf people! This will be a challenge
for our schools, for vocational rehabilitation people
and social workers. What about our Deaf Community?
Just wait and see.
-- the deaf people with the terrible Meniere's Disease
Many older deaf people suffer from temporary Meniere's Disease.
It causes feelings of dizziness, which may or may not go
away quickly. Is there a cure for it? Researchers at
University of Colorado School of Medicine are saying
they know what causes it - something to do with low blood
flow in the brain. Cure? For now, no cure but the hope
is that it will be found in the future. Best cure right
now is to lie down on bed until the dizziness goes away.
Sometimes it takes few minutes; sometimes it takes few hours.
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