DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, November 20, 2013
-- deaf and hearing to work together on new TV news program
Beginning in January 2014, a group of deaf and hearing
people will work together with a Phoenix (Arizona) TV
news program. The news people on TV are deaf and will
be using ASL. Their signs are being voiced by hearing
people. Said in a news release - we are changing the
way a traditional newsroom is run so anyone can run
the show. Will it work? Will the advertisers like it?
Will have to wait until January to see how it comes out!
-- sign language rings?
Sign language rings? Put on a ring on your finger and it
helps communicate in sign language! Crazy? Well, a company
is working on a Sign Language Ring - actually several rings
and a bracelet. It is supposed to read the motions of a
deaf person and tell the hearing person what the deaf person
is saying! Will it work? It is still in design and the name
of the company is not known, but it already won praises.
-- catching up on special deaf police group
Months ago, DeafDigest mentioned "Angels of Silence" which
is a special deaf police group in Oaxaca, Mexico. They
watch TV monitors and tell the regular police officers when
they see something illegal going on. Is it successful? Yes,
recently they caught an illegal street drug sale and told
the police about it and the drug sellers were arrested.
It was the idea of Oaxaca state Gov. Gabino Cue, who
wanted to hire the deaf instead of having them sit at
home doing nothing. And it has already attracted interest
from police departments in England, Arab Emirates, Germany,
and Argentina!
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