DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - September 15, 2017
-- insurance company starts video relay service
An insurance company has started a video relay service
for the deaf. Sorry, it is not Geico. It is Sompo
Insurance Inc - in Japan! A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/insurance-video-relay-service-needed/
-- rare politician that actually helps the deaf
Kevin Dumas, not deaf, is campaigning to become the
mayor of Attleboro, MA. In a newspaper letter to
the editor, a deaf writer praised Dumas, saying he
introduced himself to him. After that:
-- Dumas ordered city public works to plow the snow
off the deaf person's home driveway
-- the deaf person was injured in a fall in front
of his house; Dumas immediately sent an ambulance
-- a flood came in front of the deaf person's house;
Dumas sent public works people to install a sewer
drain in front of the house
Many mayors give false promises to the deaf; Dumas
didn't!
-- free captioned-movies online service is convicted
The Undertexter, an online service which offers
free movie captions for viewing, has been
convicted of copyright violations. Hollywood filed
a legal lawsuit in 2013 against Undertexter.
Four years later, a court in Sweden ruled
Undertexter guilty. The Undertexter CEO thought
he wasn't doing any crime, but the Swedish
court disagreed. Undertexter is now out of
business.
Latest deaf jobs
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- Branch Office, National Association of the Deaf
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
9/10/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
-- Deaf Job of the Day (each day new job announcement)
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-job-of-the-day/
