Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Blog

Revised Recommendations: Web Contact Form Design for W3C
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl In 2001 I recommended to the W3C Accessibility Consortium to suggest including additional fields on web contact forms to help facilitate communication with deaf/hoh consumers. This recommendation was eventually published in a book - refer to this link for more information. [link] 2001, new technologies and ways of contacting and interacting with professionals and co...
Thu, Oct 28 2010

Is On-Line Graduate School for You?
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl Is on-line graduate school for you? On-line grad school can be an optimal post-grad education option to consider if you are deaf or hard of hearing. Today with the wide-availability of high-speed Internet connections, attending classes remotely (on-line) has become a reality. There are a number of reasons why taking classes on-line may make sense. In fact, online c...
Mon, Aug 02 2010

ABC News Story about Video Phones in the Workplace
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl ABC News story about the use of video phones at work, which I will be in giving a demo. A web link will be posted when it becomes available. Time: Thursday May 13th @ 11 am cst on ABC 7 News
Mon, May 10 2010

Recommended Website: Deaf Scientist Corner
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl I stumbled across this web site, “Deaf Scientist Corner”, created by the Texas Woman’s University of Denton, Texas. This web site profiles some past and recent famous / notable deaf scientists, which can serve as a role model for teens undecided about careers and budding deaf scientists. The site contains a summaries of famous / significant deaf in the technology and...
Tue, Mar 23 2010

Using VideoPhones: On-Line School Programs and Audio...
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl Overview You may have read or heard success stories using videophones to connect to family, friends, co-workers and make relay calls. Did you also know videophones are also useful for participating in audio conference presentations / calls if you are enrolled in an online course/degree program? I'm currently enrolled as an on-line MBA student with the University of...
Mon, Mar 08 2010

Flattening World for Deaf / Hard of Hearing Consumers and...
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl I created a white-paper and a PowerPoint presentation about the "Flattening World for Deaf / HOH Consumers and Professionals", which discusses the how the latest technologies and services have helped level the playing field for deaf/hoh consumers and professionals in recent years. Also discussed, is why corporations should pay attention to this often overl...
Thu, Dec 17 2009

Recommended Web Site: Deaf and Hard of Hearing People at...
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl If you have a young deaf/hoh child, student, friend or relative that needs a role model for working deaf/hoh adults, I recommend visiting the "Deaf and Hard of Hearing People at Work" website, which is maintained by Karen Putz. Link: [link] web site contains a number of success stories of deaf/hoh professionals in the work place.Recently, I was asked to write a stor...
Fri, Oct 09 2009

Tenacity and Snap!VRS Announce Exclusive Partnership to...
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl Snap!VRS announced a partnership with Tenacity Operating, LLC, ("Tenacity"), a leader in the field of accessible telephony, that will help companies and organizations offer visual communication and relay services with the only comprehensive and accessible video technology of its kind. Tenacity's accessaphone(tm) Total Conversation (aTC(tm)), a video softphone, extend...
Tue, Sep 29 2009

Estimated 278 Million Deaf/HoH Consumers WorldWide
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl Last Spring while conducting research for a paper for my MBA program, I came across the World Health Organization’s (WHO) web site, where a web page listed that there is an estimated 278 million deaf / hoh people around the world - thus I have updated the tag line of my blog to reflect the latest estimates. Yet, for a large number of them, they reside in low-to midd...
Wed, Aug 26 2009

Test drive wireless phones before buying
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl As many of you know, the market for wireless devices and phones has become saturated (there are many models and options now available), it has become increasingly important to be able to test and get a real feel of the phones you are interested in before purchasing. The large number of devices and services available can be overwhelming at times. Thus its importa...
Tue, Jul 21 2009

Contact Numbers and Email Addresses to the 4th Power
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl In these days, it seems many of us are getting multiple assigned device numbers and email addresses - how can one possibly memorize them all? Yet this all seems ironic given that many deaf and hard of hearing consumers may not utilize voice services, and actually end up having more phone numbers than hearing consumers. This article will illustrate some ex...
Thu, Jul 02 2009

Leader in Deaf Community to Head Outreach Efforts for...
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl Snap!VRS announces the recent hire of Sean Gerlis, the President of the New Jersey Association of the Deaf. [link]
Mon, Jun 08 2009

Purple Announces Community Campaign: Dream Bigger
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl Purple announced a new community campaign called Dream Bigger ( [link] The campaign honors 10 Trailblazers in the Deaf Community from across the country that have had tremendous impact in the areas of sports, civil rights, politics, business, language, community, medicine, art, and education. Over the next three months, there will be local events (across the US) in...
Mon, Jun 08 2009

DeafCode Launches Captionfish.com, a Captioned Film Search...
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl With summer quickly approaching – a lot of new movies are being released. Yet, would you like to look for open captioned or rear window view movies showing at theaters near you? Then, check out Captionfish.com, a new web service being offered by DeafCode.Com ------- Captionfish.com provides captioned movie results for the deaf and hard-of-hearing...
Tue, May 19 2009

New LinkedIn Group: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Professionals...
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl If you haven't checked out LinkedIn - a professional networking site, consider joining. You can my blog about Networking with LinkedIn and Facebook in 2008. Once you've joined LinkedIn, and created a professional profile: Consider joining the "Deaf and Hard Of Hearing Professionals" LinkedIn group to network professionally, make new friends and create new n...
Sat, Apr 18 2009

Communication Technologies: Past, Present and Future
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl If you are reading this article on-line, you win a "point" for being up to date in using some of the latest technologies. This article focuses on past, present and future accessibility and technologies that have greatly benefited the deaf / hard of hearing community over the past 30 years or so. The list is not all inclusive, but contains a list of t...
Wed, Apr 08 2009

A Quick and Dirty Guide to Selecting Your Next Smart Phone...
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl Confused by the number of wireless devices available for your use? You're not alone.Despite the number of devices and the ever increasing confusion over devices, they all offer a big improvement over the numbers only pagers and the limited no-email devices several years ago. Remember the Motorola T-900, the TimePort or early Rim devices? If not familiar with them - th...
Mon, Sep 29 2008

Travel Tip: Wireless Travel Alerts
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl Do you often travel by air and carry a personal wireless device such as a cell phone, blackberry, iPhone, Motorola Q, Palm Treo, Sidekick, and other? If so, consider signing up for wireless travel alerts offered by most major airlines: such as with American, Delta, NW, Southwest and United. Travel websites such as Expedia.com, Orbitz.com and Travelocity.com also offer...
Mon, Sep 29 2008