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Close Captioned Online

July 7th, 2009, 10:12 am by Hana

A new bill in Congress, the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009, seeks to make it mandatory to provide closed captioned online and make Internet more accessible to the deaf and others who rely on captioning. The Act can be read here: COAT Web site.Within this article are links to contacting representative Ed Markey and Senators to support the bill. The link for signing the petition to support the bill is here: Petition to Support the Bill. Additionally, there is a group on Facebook named Caption Action 2: Internet Captioning that seeks to gather members to show and send support of this Act to our Representatives and Senators. The Act was introduced on June 26, 2009 and the word needs to go out that it is available and needs to be supported.

I’m for this because I’ve been watching shows online since they began appearing on the Internet. I rarely watch TV because I’m always on the computer, plus it’s easier to watch shows in sequel online because places like Hulu organize them into episodes. Although iTunes, Hulu and Google have been working to provide captioned videos on their web sites, it’s still inadequate because it’s purely voluntary. There is no requirement legally binding companies to provide their videos with captioning included, online. Show your support today and have your voice counted!

Why have captioning? Nowadays, televisions are mandated by the Telecommunications Act in 1996 to have closed captioning available. This needs to also be passed into shows and movies on the Internet. Please support the 21st Century Communications and Video accessibility Act of 2009.

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ASL Video Containing Swine Flu Information

May 4th, 2009, 4:55 pm by Hana

fyiPlease visit www.deafmd.org to view the ASL videos they have posted regarding Swine Flu. More videos are linked to the right of the first video, explaining more about the flu.

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My Trip to Yuba College March 31, 2009

April 2nd, 2009, 11:42 am by Hana

On Tuesday, March 31, I went over to Yuba College to speak to Cari Carter’s ASL I and ASL II classes about living and working as a Deaf person in a newspaper industry focusing on the Internet. In ASL I began with a general “who I am” introduction before going into family life experience, mainstreamed school experience, college at American River College and California State University Northridge before going into the working world as a computer graphics design, then into webmastering and going back to college to obtain a BFA degree in Web Development through International Academy of Design and Technology, Tampa online. In ASL II, I described the job titles, functions, and responsibilities of Courtney Lopez, Steve Nelson and myself (sorry Robert LaHue, I limited to three job descriptions). After I talked with the classes, it was their turn to ask questions and comments.

Full story is under this jump.

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Posted in: Around Y-S • Captioned Videos • Life Experiences • Technology | 2 Comments »

It’s Illegal to Discriminate Video (with closed captions) by FHAHUD

March 24th, 2009, 2:37 pm by Hana

Check this video out if you haven’t seen it yet on Facebook or YouTube:

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Why the heck did I click that play button?!

April 9th, 2008, 5:24 pm by Hana

I frequently buy books from Amazon.com and have a newsletter from them. Today I got an e-mail on new books in the Amazon.com store so I clicked on it to go and visit. While on the page I noticed Brisingr by Christopher Paolini. I had read Eragon and Eldest so I clicked on it to view the book. It’s the third book coming in September 2008. There was a video of the young author on the book’s web page titled A message to fans of Inheritance from author Christopher Paolini.

I just have this need to click on videos, so I clicked.

And it’s not captioned.

I should be used to this — videos online aren’t always captioned. I have no idea if what Christopher Paolini said was interesting or not.

Why do I bother clicking? Curiosity. I love books and if an author wants to talk about his/her book, I want to hear it. It’s the same as my need to click on the Extra Features on DVDs. I want to know what possessed the director to take on the insane task of turning an idea into a film. I watched the commentary on the Final Fantasy Advent Children DVD in subtitled English three times — all because I could hear the thoughts from the director and others that worked on the computer generated animation project and it was fascinating.

Anyway, back to online videos. I keep clicking ‘play’ on videos even though I know they’re not captioned — like our videos on the appeal-democrat.com. (I’m sure I’m not the only one that clicks on the videos there and wishes they were captioned.) After clicking on Christopher Paolini’s video and losing interest within the first few seconds of its play time, I wondered for the umpteenth time why I keep clicking. I’m not an idiot. I already know they’re not captioned. I guess I keep clicking because I hope to see something interesting.

Maybe it’s because I’m a Gemini. Curious and somewhat flighty — bouncing from one thing to another thing. Much like one of my cats, Tiny. He’s always in everything. Literally. He bounces from one curious thing to another and is frequently underfoot.

So, anyone know what Christopher Paolini said???

Posted in: Cyberspace • Videos | 2 Comments »

Special Announcement: Be Part of the Change!

January 17th, 2008, 2:37 pm by

I received an very important e-mail just now.

This is for all Deaf Community Members, Educators, Families, Friends, Students, anyone interested in the education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the state of California.

ARE YOU FRUSTRATED WITH YOUR

DEAF EDUCATION EXPERIENCE?

IF SO… CLICK HERE:

NorCal Center Deaf Education Reform Call

This is about a push for reform in Deaf Education, to pull up the standards and provide better education to the future generations of Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The link above, will show a video with subtitles and signed testimonies by Deaf/Hard of Hearing people along with contact information for you to send in your story. The call is out now for your personal testimonies of your experience in the California’s education system for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. This will be brought to our State Legislators and Governor’s attention.

Why is this important?

Because the education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is still substandard. For example, if a student is mainstreamed, he/she is not guaranteed an interpreter that is skilled, and this has impact on the student’s education. Lack of a standardized education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing has a life-long impact on the individual, affecting every aspect of daily living.

Watch the video and send in your story either in a letter, e-mail, or a video!

* A note: the video can be viewed on either Safari or Internet Explorer.

Posted in: Accessibility • Around Y-S • NorCal Center on Deafness • Videos | 2 Comments »

Captioned Movie Trailers

January 3rd, 2008, 11:58 am by

You know those movie trailers? Wish they were captioned?

Fear not. You can find them captioned on billcreswell, one of the blogs that I visit. Bill Creswell is ideal because he works for a theatre that provides Closed Captioning for those who are deaf and hard of hearing, and Descriptive Audio for those who are blind and low-sighted. I know there are captioned trailers on Google and other places, but you kind of have to dig for them.

I kept seeing this trailer for “One Missed Call” and wondered what the heck the main female character was hearing on the cell phones. So I hopped online and checked out billcreswell’s blog. There it was. She was hearing the sounds people made before they died. Now I’m satisfied with the knowledge.

Little things like this leave a big mystery to me and I just have to know what it is.

I thought I’d pass on the information!

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Signing “Thank You” to people in the Service

December 13th, 2007, 8:02 pm by

Today I received an e-mail from a Deaf friend containing the link to a site that is asking people to say “Thank You” to people in the service and sign it with an open hand from the heart to outwards. The purpose is to make it easy to thank them without having to approach and speak.

It’s interesting to see the sign. Check it out: The Gratitude Campaign.

I think it’s admirable to come up with a way of thanking the people in the service but I do not want people to be confused by this sign as the way Deaf people sign “Thank You.”

The American Sign Language for “Thank You” is displayed here.

What do you think?

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