Jared's Global Microbrand

Three deaf guys and NAD kick some ADA booty in Washington...
Jared's Global Microbrand NAD along with three Redskins fans Shane Feldman, Brian Kelly, and Paul Singleton have successfully sued the FedEx Field where Redskins games are hosted. Because of them, the stadium will be more accessible to the deaf. The judgment in this lawsuit was long in coming (ongoing since 2006) but they ultimately prevailed! Hopefully, this will [...]
Media Legal Thu, Oct 02 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Better accessiblity at hotels: innovative iPhone service...
Jared's Global Microbrand The Malibu Beach Inn is offering a cutting-edge service, which I hope other hotels will follow suit. When you check in as a guest at the Malibu Beach Inn, they will loan you an iPhone that is loaded with a special wireless hotel service application called runtriz. Click on the image below to see what the [...]
Tech Culture Thu, Oct 02 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

NTID applicants- How to quickly request a fraud alert online
Jared's Global Microbrand The word has gone out that there was a theft of a laptop containing the names, DOB, SSNs of 12,700 applicants to NTID and another 1,100 people at RIT. Notwithstanding the idiocy that allowed such data on a laptop in the first place, those who have applied to NTID (it doesn't matter if [...]
Higher Education Tech Culture Wed, Sep 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Cochlear implantees trapping themselves into obsoleteness?
Jared's Global Microbrand Cochlear implants, for all of its so-called technological marvel (I personally don't think it's all that it's cracked up to be), requires the patients to give in to the total destruction of their cochlear as the device is implanted inside their heads. Lately, there have been several blogs that have pointed to an alternative in the [...]
Tech Sun, Aug 31 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Google enables automatic voice-to-text technology inside...
Jared's Global Microbrand I see this as one of the evolutionary steps towards automatically created voice-to-text transcripts that will eventually offer great benefit for both Deaf people and search engines. Last month, Google Research included the voice-to-text capability on the “You Choose ‘08” page on the U.S. presidential race. On the “You Choose ‘08″ pa...
Language Tech Wed, Aug 13 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Your deafness is worth $99,946.00
Jared's Global Microbrand How much is your deafness worth? Is there an economic value placed upon the ability to hear? The following article may give a rough estimation... A car mechanic for the police department went deaf after working on sirens inside a garage. No idea why he didn't take protective measures while on the job [...]
Media Legal Mon, Jul 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

It’s a small world: Visual graphic of interconnections...
Jared's Global Microbrand There is one line that you will hear often from the members (hearing or Deaf) of the Deaf community: “It's a small world!” I had many opportunities to expand the circle of people who I know when I was a student at NTID/RIT with thousands of other Deaf college students, visited friends at [...]
Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

One step closer to captioned video clips on the Internet!
Jared's Global Microbrand Thanks to efforts of National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT), Edward Markey's (D-MA) “21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2008″ (H.R. 6320) has been introduced. As the Internet evolves with the meteroic rise of video clips on the Internet, it often has been a slap i...
Thu, Jun 26 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Disqus- advanced text/video commenting system
Jared's Global Microbrand Starting with this post, I'm using the new blog commenting system from Disqus. Several reasons why I tossed out the WordPress comments in favor of Disqus comments: Offers both text and video comments. Video comments are hosted by Seesmic which has more clear and smooth video than Riffly. I can accept comments in either English [...]
Thu, May 15 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Jott- hearing people can send voice-to-text messages to...
Jared's Global Microbrand Jott is a voice recognition and message-sending system. After reading this review by Jason Kolb, I could immediately see additional benefit where Jott would make it easier for hearing people to dial a number and speak out a message that can be automatically transcribe into a text message that can be fired off [...]
Tue, May 13 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Tip for vbloggers: When is the best day or time to post?
Jared's Global Microbrand As the co-founder of DeafRead.com which aggregates over 600 Deaf vbloggers, I'm often asked, “When is the best day or time to post a vblog entry for the highest view count?” My answer was based upon a rough estimation from my observations over time of DeafRead views. I've noticed that Thursday afternoons tend [...]
Mon, May 05 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post