DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 10, 2012
-- New Zealand will not require visual fire alarms for deaf
New Zealand changed its rules, allowing property owners
to avoid installing visual fire alarms. They did not want
to spend money on visual fire alarms. Deaf parliamentarian
Mojo Mathers is very angry about it - and there was an irony.
There was a fire alarm in her office but she did not know
about it. The embarrassed Parliament then bought a visual
fire alarm in her office!
-- More captioned apps for Android and iOS
The apps - HBO Go, Hulu Plus, and Max Go all have captions.
Watching TV programs on smart phones just got easier, but
hopefully it will not require a magnifying glass.
-- Papa John's feeling uncomfortable with the deaf?
Many deaf people love to eat Papa John's pizzas. And
there are deaf drivers that deliver Papa John's pizzas.
Yet it was Papa John's that did not want famous singer
Taylor Swift to perform at Boston's Horace Mann School
for the Deaf because she was pranked during a recent
on-line contest. They felt it was cheating. Anyway,
Taylor, being an extremely good sport, donated $10,000
to the school and gave all students free tickets to
watch her performance. So, it was a win-win situation.
-- Amazon our friend, Netflix not our friend?
Netflix fought hard to avoid captioning their videos.
Amazon is captioning their Instant Video library.
Yes, it took a push by the FCC, but Amazon is not
fighting it, but obeying it. Two big corporations
- one willing to caption, other not so willing to
caption. Why?
-- Firefighter father and Deaf Firefighter son
A 3-year old deaf Justin Sarna ran away from home,
headed towards his father's firehouse not too far
away. The panicked mother reported the son missing.
Everyone looked for him, not realizing he was sitting
in the firehouse waiting for his father! Almost 20
years later Justin is now a volunteer firefighter.
He belongs to the first responder team that rushes
to fire calls. His father did not encourage his son
to become a firefighter. The son would not give up,
and has reached his goal.
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