DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, November 13, 2013
-- Future Gallaudet students walk across street to watch movies!
The booming Union Market is across the street from
the Gallaudet campus. It used to be known as the DC
Farmers Market. A developer has just announced plans
for a multiple-screen movie theater on the Union Market
property. This would mean that Gallaudet students,
wanting to watch captioned movies, can just walk across
the street! This theater is scheduled to open in 2015.
-- A Leap Motion for the deaf?
Will Leap Motion help the deaf? Exactly what is Leap
Motion? It is a new device that is being designed
by two Australians. It is supposed to be worn around
the users' necks and "read" sign language - to make
communications easier between the deaf and the hearing.
This device is still being developed and these two
Australians are looking for investment money. One
disadvantage - wearing it around the neck can be
quite tiresome!
-- A push-button vote on deaf friendly or unfriendly businesses
Many businesses are deaf-friendly. Many other businesses are
not deaf-friendly. A new app - AbleRoad - is being designed
by a group in Waltham, MA. It will allow deaf users to press
on the app to vote if the business is deaf-friendly or
deaf-unfriendly. Will businesses be scared? No, if the
app has just few users. Yes, if the app has millions and
millions of users!
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