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Video on DeafVIDEO.TV, your Wordpress blog and DeafThat
Tayler Mayer The above vlog was produced with Seesmic Video right from my Wordpress blog on the write screen. No longer do I have to upload a video somewhere and paste it in. It's as simple as clicking “Add a video to your post”, recording and saving a video. I'd been using Riffly Video on DeafVIDEO.TV for approximately [...]
Tech Wed, May 14 2008 · hide this blog

What about DeafSide?
Tayler Mayer See vlog.
Mon, May 12 2008 · hide this blog

TaylerInfomedia releases new video-based forum: DeafThat!
Tayler Mayer Forum-based websites are everywhere. DeafThat! is different. Based on videos, discussions are carried out in sign language. Similar to video comments on DeafVIDEO.TV, it's easy and fast to make a post by video. DeafThat! can be compared to DeafVIDEO.TV, but is different in two ways. Discussions are grouped under forums; and It's easier to start discussion...
Language Tech Culture Wed, May 07 2008 · hide this blog

Did I finally beat tinnitus?
Tayler Mayer As some of you may know, I have suffered tinnitus for the last 10 years. On top of tinnitus occurring more frequently in deaf people, I sustained a brain injury when I was 12 years young. Until recently, I did little to track my daily habits to see what was setting off my tinnitus. Ringing in [...]
Mon, May 05 2008 · hide this blog

Myths about DeafSide
Tayler Mayer “DeafSide” means pushed aside Quite the opposite! Jared and I are ASL users and cannot speak. Would we put ourselves on the side? Our interpretation when we first thought of DeafSide: “Our side of the story”. Well, we're listening with our eyes. We will choose a different name. Everyone agrees on.... I wish! I've signed with se...
Wed, Apr 30 2008 · hide this blog

Agree to Disagree: DeafSide discussions
Tayler Mayer Jared and I expected DeafSide to start discussions (debates?). And that it would create issues, implications and problems. It is all good. One thing I'm seeing is not whether DeafSide makes the lines of division clearer, but that the deaf community is already divided. Before DeafSide (or whatever name) made itself known, people already had ideas, [...]
Culture Sun, Apr 27 2008 · hide this blog

TaylerInfomedia announces new deaf aggregator
Tayler Mayer Tayler and Jared are announcing a new site that aggregates deaf blogs much in the same way DeafRead does. But there are differences. The blogs will focus on sign languages and Deaf culture Instead of moderating posts, all posts will be published from selected blogs A panel of 3 persons will select the blogs Goal of DeafRead DeafRead aims to [...]
Language Tech Culture Fri, Apr 25 2008 · hide this blog

Search for Captioned Videos in Google Video
Tayler Mayer Google Video has a new advanced search feature ( [link] which allows users to quickly locate all of the closed captioned (CC) videos on the Google Video site. You will need to restrict your search query to the “google.com” domain only, and select the “Search only closed captioned videos” checkbox to see the relevant results. Hat tip to [...]
Tech Tue, Apr 22 2008 · hide this blog

LATimes: Linda Bove, ASL Consultant on “Sweet Nothing in My...
Tayler Mayer Linda Bove, of “Sesame Street” and DeafWest fame, was featured in my city's newspaper, LA Times, recently. She worked as an ASL and deaf culture consultant on the CBS TV movie, “Sweet Nothing in My Ear”. With her years of experience with “Sesame Street”, co-founding DeafWest, and consulting for several performances, she is the...
Media Language Art and Storytelling Education Culture Mon, Apr 21 2008 · hide this blog

Boycott Sorenson! Sign the petition now
Tayler Mayer Two days ago I vblogged about the VRS directories not being open. The post discussed the concern of various VRS phone numbers not being able to call other providers' telephone numbers. I used the telephone number portability requirement that was passed by FCC as an example. While this was a good example, someone e-mailed me [...]
Thu, Apr 17 2008 · hide this blog

Is anyone frustrated with Sorenson?
Tayler Mayer I've noticed an increase in blogs and vlogs on both DeafRead and DeafVIDEO.TV addressing and covering issues related to the telephone numbers VRS companies provide to us, the consumers. I've been following them closely, including NAD and Ed's Alert and three other sites, with interest because of these two reasons: My web development business require...
Media Language Tech Legal Culture Tue, Apr 15 2008 · hide this blog

TaylerInfomedia to close sites to support environment
Tayler Mayer Video Video not working? Watch it at DeafVIDEO.TV Hello everyone! Long time no see! Yesterday, my nose was running like a faucet. Today, it seems like the faucets have slowed a bit. Anyway, to the point of this post. There is a global event taking place this Saturday in hopes of conserving electricity. Individual homes taking part of Earth [...]
Tue, Mar 25 2008 · hide this blog

Through Bragg’s Eyes: NCSD, NCLU and Schwartz
Tayler Mayer Michael Schwartz's recent vlog aroused people's curiosity about who he was. In addition to the vlog's comments, I received numerous e-mails inquiring about Schwartz, the law professor in New York. I forwarded the post to Dr. Bragg and mentioned that I received a good and abundant response. It was not before long that he replied: Video Video [...]
Language Education Culture Fri, Mar 07 2008 · hide this blog

NCSD in 1977 violated students’ liberties
Tayler Mayer Michael Schwartz was a young drama teacher at the North Carolina School for the Deaf in the early months of 1977 when he discovered that the school was violating the United States Constitution by forcing all deaf students, regardless of religion, to attend a Christian church on school - state - property. The expulsion [...]
Education Legal Wed, Mar 05 2008 · hide this blog

Bernard Bragg’s Take on Pepsi / AGBell
Tayler Mayer Bernard Bragg came over today to work together on his new website that will be released shortly. He showed me a DVD he will soon be releasing titled “Bragg on Bragg”. In it are short clips and commentaries showing and narrating his life and works in theater. Selected clips will be on the website. One clip [...]
Audism Mon, Feb 25 2008 · hide this blog

Introducing DeafRead Anonymous
Tayler Mayer This video is not to be taken seriously. Online addiction is a problem that interferes with the lives of addicts, as well as the lives of their friends and family. Take it lightly and... enjoy! DeafRead Anonymous
Art and Storytelling Wed, Feb 20 2008 · hide this blog

Providing Captions for Flash-Based Streaming Video
Tayler Mayer Kevin Jones, of Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP), funded by U.S. Department of Education and administrated by National Association of the Deaf (NAD), submitted a PDF he wrote, “Providing Captions for Flash-Based Streaming Video”. “I wanted to let you know about an article I recently published at [link] which gives instructions for creat...
Media Language Tech Tue, Feb 19 2008 · hide this blog

Cartoon: “Finish” AGBell!
Tayler Mayer A cartoonist sent this to NAD and DBC and asked that the cartoon be posted on DeafRead. Download PDF Artist Credit: LCTom2008 Note: Please do not link to the above PDF in your post or webpage. This is stealing bandwidth. Thank you.
Wed, Feb 13 2008 · hide this blog

Easy blogging and instant vlogging at deafologue!
Tayler Mayer Video Video not working? Watch it at DeafVIDEO.TV TaylerInfomedia is excited to release deafologue. This special blog was created for two reasons. 1. Currently there are two types of blogs. The first, typically on Blogspot/Blogger and Wordpress.com, is where most bloggers start their blogging adventures. The second type is more advanced, and often involves paying for ...
Tech Wed, Feb 13 2008 · hide this blog

Letter from Law Professor to PepsiCO
Tayler Mayer Michael Schwartz, Esq., Assistant Professor and Director of the Disability Rights Clinic at Syracuse University College of Law, wrote a letter to PepsiCO's chair and CEO, Indra K. Nooyi, regarding AGBell's letter. Download PDF
Legal Fri, Feb 08 2008 · hide this blog

Followup on AGBell/Pepsi with video
Tayler Mayer Video In this post, I made an exception. There will be no transcription. See why in the video. Someone said to me at the DeafRead 2008 Conference that I sign differently in person than I do in vlogs. He is right. Oh, well. That's not reason enough to stop vlogging. I'll continue to work on becoming [...]
Mon, Feb 04 2008 · hide this blog

Review of Sprint Relay’s upcoming video
Tayler Mayer Video On February 3, Sprint Relay will be releasing a video, “The Big Game”. I review the video in the above vlog. Read about “The Big Game” and/or sign up to be able to view the inspiring video.
Fri, Feb 01 2008 · hide this blog

AGBell complains about Pepsi Commercial
Tayler Mayer I received an e-mail forward from a friend; who exclaimed “Why should we continue to educate them?” regarding the below message in AGBell's January 31, 2008 issue. “AG Bell's Board President, Karen Youdelman, and Executive Director, Alexander T. Graham, spoke up about Pepsi's upcoming Super Bowl commercial featuring a deaf storyline...
Media Culture Thu, Jan 31 2008 · hide this blog

Photos: And Davila Dashes Home…
Tayler Mayer Here are photos of Dr. Robert Davila, current President of Gallaudet University. Apparently he was some kind of trackstar in 1951. Could the title be more fitting? “And Davila Dashes Home...” to Gallaudet. He climbed a long and successful career ladder only to return home as President. The newspaper clippings are from Gallaudet's one and [...]
Higher Education Thu, Jan 10 2008 · hide this blog

Announcing Deaf Events website: CalDeaf.com
Tayler Mayer Video David Kurs and I are proud and excited to announce CalDeaf.com, a deaf events website for California. This wouldn't be possible with Sprint Relay, who provided seed money for this project. CalDeaf.com Features: Search function Search by month or day See today's, this week's or previous events Sort list by Northern or Southern California region...
Mon, Jan 07 2008 · hide this blog

Order your Starbucks Latte--Wirelessly
Tayler Mayer I love it when technology is created to benefit everyone - but in fact - appears to benefit the deaf community even more. The inconvenience of placing your order with the store clerk — for your latte or double cheeseburger — is minimized with Apple's latest patent. In a partnership between Apple and Starbucks, you'll be [...]
Tech Fri, Dec 28 2007 · hide this blog

A.G.Bell rejects plaque honoring him
Tayler Mayer This entry's title,”A.G.Bell rejects plaque honoring him”, is an imaginary newspaper headline, had Alexander Graham Bell been alive in 1979. Bell would not have wanted the honor, the plaque, the NTID building named after him. The plaque's inscription could not have stated it any better, that his work in deaf education was his true passion, howe...
Higher Education Audism Wed, Dec 19 2007 · hide this blog

AGBell versus NAD
Tayler Mayer A friend in Rochester, New York, mailed me an article that was published this recent summer. It was surprising to learn that, in 1982, the then-dean of National Technical Institute of the Deaf (NTID), Dr. William E. Castle, was the first elected president of Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf (AGBAD). Not only that, [...]
Audism Sun, Dec 16 2007 · hide this blog

Only Democratic Candidates support captioning at Project...
Tayler Mayer I received an email from the ProjectReadOn.org founder. Here's an interesting excerpt I'd like to share with you. We caption a lot of Presidential Candidates website videos but all are currently Democrats. This is not by choice: They are literally the only politicians that have come to us. We have actively pursued Republican candidates to balance [...]
Mon, Dec 10 2007 · hide this blog

82% Faculty Non-Confidence vote against Fernandes?
Tayler Mayer Video Several factors behind the 2006 Gallaudet protest were debatable. However, one important factor wasn't so much as debatable. An official vote conducted by Gallaudet University's faculty was recognized by the University's administration, Presidential Search Committee, and Board of Trustees. Some of the debatable factors were whether Fernandes we...
Higher Education Mon, Dec 03 2007 · hide this blog

Good being deaf
Tayler Mayer Video Video not working? Watch it at DeafVIDEO.TV This week being Thanksgiving, I would like to focus on being thankful for being deaf. There are disadvantages to being deaf, but then there are good things about being deaf. I would like to focus on the good things in this post. I grew up in a small Minnesota town [...]
Higher Education Education Culture Mon, Nov 19 2007 · hide this blog

Photo of AGBell plaque at NTID
Tayler Mayer The plaque reads: “The Alexander Graham Bell Building Only six years before his death, Alexander Graham Bell looked back over his amazing life and wrote: “Recognition of my work for and interest in the education of the deaf has always been more pleasing to me than even recognition of my work with the telephone.” A brillant and innovative [...]
Higher Education Wed, Oct 31 2007 · hide this blog

I love foreigners
Tayler Mayer I went to this local bar between my home and UCLA campus to watch Game 2 of the World Series. I was comfortably perched at the bar enjoying a drink. Next to me, a gentleman gets my attention and tries to gesture something. After several failures, we agree to get a pen and paper. To [...]
Language Audism Culture Thu, Oct 25 2007 · hide this blog

Giving Faulty Praise: Alexander Graham Bell
Tayler Mayer While a student at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), I submitted an opinion piece to the university student publication, "Reporter", regarding a NTID building that bore a plaque honoring Alexander Graham Bell. "Reporter" April 14, 2000; Page 4 Giving Faulty Praise by Tayler Mayer The building housing the Margaret's Day Care Center...
Higher Education Language Audism Education Tue, Oct 23 2007 · hide this blog

Pen and paper please: writing to hearing people
Tayler Mayer My wife and I are both deaf and unable of speech. Whenever we need to talk to, say, a clerk, we will ask for a pen and paper in order to be able to talk to this person. We would use our pager but find that the font size is too small for quite many of them. Writing on a paper allows us to write as big as we want. The difference between me and my wife is the length of [...]
Language Fri, Sep 07 2007 · hide this blog

Captions: Rear Windows vs Open
Tayler Mayer I wanted to see the summer blockbuster movie, "Transformers". I looked up Fomdi and there were two showtimes at different theaters. Here are the theater details. Theater #1 - 1.9 miles from home - Rear Windows Captions (RWC, visor-style) Theater #2 - 8.9 miles from home - Open Captions (DTS, White letters projected onto screen) My first reaction was to go [...]
Tech Sun, Jul 22 2007 · hide this blog

Symbolically bury the term "Deaf and Dumb"?
Tayler Mayer NAACP today hosted a publicity event in which they symbolically "bury" the N-word. That got me thinking about following their example and bury the unfriendly term, "Deaf and Dumb". People are debating that the N-word is not completely negative because it is used amongst the blacks to refer to their friends. For example, one may say [...]
Mon, Jul 09 2007 · hide this blog

Front page of Yahoo: Gallaudet probation
Tayler Mayer I didn't think the MSCHE/Gallaudet story was big enough to headline anywhere, but it was on Yahoo!'s front page today. Here's the article. I'm not saying this is anything to be ashamed of, or that we should point our fingers to someone. Davila doesn't think the probation is a bad thing in which his reasoning is quoted in the article, [...]
Higher Education Sat, Jun 30 2007 · hide this blog

Why New Mailing List will not replace GallyNet-L
Tayler Mayer Over at The Orange Deafie Blog, Richard Roehm advertised a new mailing list focusing on Gallaudet University. In not so many words, its goal is to replace the now dysfunct GallyNet-L. I commented on the post, titled "Gallynet Insanity Worsens", asking these following questions: Why is the mailing list categorized under Health? Education would be [...]
Higher Education Tue, Jun 12 2007 · hide this blog

New Sidekick iD free after rebates
Tayler Mayer Did anyone know about this? I didn't until today when I opened an email advertising the new Sidekick iD. I like to know when new products are released and am surprised I missed this one. I searched DeafRead, and sure enough, there are iD reviews (1, 2). But that's not why I'm writing. The Sidekick iD could be called the Sidekick 2.5. That's [...]
Tech Wed, May 23 2007 · hide this blog

Release of DeafVIDEO.TV
Tayler Mayer TaylerInfomedia is proud to present our newest website. DeafVIDEO.TV broadcasts a collection of videos produced by signers. The signers are YouTube account holders and are registered with DeafVIDEO.TV. The videos are unfiltered, meaning all uploaded videos will be listed at the site. All uploaded videos are subject to YouTube's Terms of Use. DeafVIDEO.TV pulls [...]
Tech Mon, May 07 2007 · hide this blog

Two Arts in One Brings Awakening
Tayler Mayer Review of "Sleeping Beauty Wakes" The occasionally comedic DeafWest play opens with Sleeping Beauty (Alexandria Wailes) in medieval times, then surprising us with a sleeping young woman resembling the beautiful princess being carried into a center for sleep disorders. Jumping between medieval era dreams and waking hours in the modern sleep center, the [...]
Art and Storytelling Culture Fri, Apr 13 2007 · hide this blog

New relay services from Hawk Relay
Tayler Mayer DeafRead's sponsor, Hawk Relay, released two new relay services today, expanding into web-based and AOL Instant Messaging (AIM) services. The instant messaging screenname is HawkRelay. Hawk Relay has been providing relay service via videophone since last fall. Dial HawkRelay.tv to use this service on your videophone. [...]
Mon, Mar 05 2007 · hide this blog

Vlogs can be shot even while on vacation
Tayler Mayer While working on videos I shot behind the scenes for Mosdeux's upcoming film, “A Permanent Grave”, I stumbled across my video folder and found two videos from my trip from Washington DC to Los Angeles. I had just finished my masters studies at Gallaudet and was moving to Los Angeles. My father flew into Denver [...]
Tue, Feb 27 2007 · hide this blog

Cappuccinos Can Win, too
Tayler Mayer A reputed hearing blogger compares Obama Barack's “not black enough” to Dr. Jane Fernandes' “not deaf enough” factor which prompted the Gallaudet protests of 2006. Put beautifully, the blogger writes: For some reason or another, Americans demand that people have concrete, divisible, political stances: either you?re for or against a particular [...]
Tue, Feb 13 2007 · hide this blog

Fomdi Turns One Today!
Tayler Mayer It is hard to believe one year ago today Fomdi was launched, the Internet's search engine for captioned movies. In a year, Fomdi found 359,893 captioned movies. Fomdi visitors searched for captioned movies 119,215 times, averaging almost 10,000 times a month. These visitors searched for captioned movies using more than 6,000 different zipcodes. That's practically [...]
Tue, Feb 13 2007 · hide this blog

Tayler's Presentation at C2I Conference
Tayler Mayer The below is my presentation notes. I didn't follow it word for word, and added other things that came to mind during the presentation. Overall, I think I did OK How many of you had an email address in 1988? Raise your hands if you had an email address in 1988.Now I know that [...]
Mon, Feb 05 2007 · hide this blog

Vlog captioning is translation
Tayler Mayer This week's hot topic seems to be captioning in vlogs. Jamie Berke politely asked vloggers to please caption their vlogs. Understandable. We don't always understand each others' signing styles (with the exception of Mike Schmidt and Joey Baer? ). Oftentimes, it takes a couple minutes for me to get accustomed to a person's signing [...]
Fri, Jan 26 2007 · hide this blog

Paul Thompson presents a shared vision
Tayler Mayer Download Link This is an ASL experiment where I share a vision with a limited number of signs and heavy emphasis on modifiers and classifiers. The vision is an expansion of the circle of life centered around a tree. Paul Thompson Guest Vlogger
Tue, Jan 16 2007 · hide this blog

Middle States Assoc. touring Gallaudet
Tayler Mayer Gallaudet University gets its accreditation from Middle States Association, who is touring the campus today. They will be meeting with administration from today, January 10 until Friday January 12. It's a very important and critical time for Gallaudet. It is one of the first and biggest [...]
Wed, Jan 10 2007 · hide this blog