See Your Voice
Jamie Berke (About.com) The BBC has a captioned video and article about new, free downloadable software (Lumisonic) that allows a deaf person to see sound. Rings on a screen expand or contract depending...
Tech Wed, Aug 13 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Tropic Thunder, R Rated Trailer Captioned
bill creswell Well, Transcribed really. I haven't got the timing worked out - TubeCaption's quick import doesn't let me move a group at a time, so I got frustrated.There is a transcript below you can look at - I probably won't work on it any more. Anyway, it contains some to the scenes about “Simple Jack” , a [...]
Media Art and Storytelling Tech Wed, Aug 13 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Former Lord of the Robots
Third Eye Nothing I remember as if it was yesterday, culture shock was the most painful feeling I had. I felt like an dagger went right through me. My hands was shaking and sweating, knees buckling, shoelace getting loose. My heart thumped like crazy, my eyes wide open and mouth dropped down low.In front of me was a good friend sitting on a desk in a classroom. He was crying and his ha...
Language Culture Education Tech Wed, Aug 13 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Boot Up to Bilateral Soon!
Five String Guitar In 13 days I will become bilateral.My second cochlear implant will be activated, giving me sound on the right side of my head. Stereo I guess.With double magnets it is my hope that comprehension will increase for me in my "5 string" digital hearing, challenged world.In becoming bilateral it is my hope that I will function on a more "normal" level. I will still be pro...
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My Hearing Loss
Daily Life as an adult My name is Mary. Because I had trouble getting started, you will see my log-ins as Mary/Merle (I used my other e-mail account). I came upon the website last week or so. Being hearing impaired (or deaf), we are in a sense family.In reading your blogs, I was surprised to see so many of you have family support. I got none. I was the youngest of seven (before birth c...
Art and Storytelling Tech Wed, Aug 13 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

My New Start
Five String Guitar This is my first go at a new place to write the wrongs of the world. Pun intended.I will make this blog my piece of the sphere where I will do what I can to enact change.I chose the name "Five string Guitar" because I love music, I love the guitar, but in my cochlear implanted challenged world, everything sounds like it's missing a string.I am a bilateral (both sides)...
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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

Fire Alarms for the Deaf
Bionic Ear In my first year in college, I walked in my dorm room to see building maintenance working on the ceiling. It turned out the university sent them to install a visual fire alarm. That impressed me because I didn't request...
Tech Tue, Aug 12 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

A List Apart: Deafness and the User Experience
submit by: David Fulmer How many times have you been asked this question: if you had to choose, which would you prefer to be: deaf or blind? The question illustrates the misconception that deafness is in some way the opposite of blindness—as though there’s some sort of binary representation of disability.
Language Culture Education Tech Tue, Aug 12 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

My visit to a deaf/HH classroom
Tania Says Here is a video I made for my journalism class, mentioned in my previous blog post. I used Overstream to caption it, which I highly recommend. It was SO easy! Now if only youtube and news websites would start captioning their videos...*sigh*...maybe someday! Anyway, this video was taken in March 2008 at Nathan Hale School in [...]
Education Tech Mon, Aug 11 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Social Security Disability Income and Deaf People
Jamie Berke (About.com) When the news reported that unemployment had hit a six-year high, I decided it was the right time to do this article. What if you are deaf and have recently...
Tech Legal Mon, Aug 11 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Then and Now: Webcam to Videophone
submit by: LChaim2007 It's very interesting to build technology on webcam and videophone then now having a WIFI videophone. It's compare videophone on listing check website: http://members.cox.net/coxmagicowl/VP...
Tech Mon, Aug 11 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Transcripts Could Save Democracy
submit by: Joseph Democratic Deaf man asks for community support in making online political videos accessible.
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A Cochlear Implant is a....
Signs of the Times One hearing man told me....
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Wow!
SURROUND SOUND I really, really, really didn't realize that it had been that long since I posted anything until last week. Then I noted the date of that last post and thought, "wow...too long!" I had a few things that I wanted to wait about before I posted, so I decided to just hold out.First of all, surgery is confirmed for the 28th...I have all the paperwork and everything. I have...
Language Tech Mon, Aug 11 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The Signing Circle Meeting tonight 9:30PM EST 6:30 PM CST
submit by: Anon Come and watch as a guest (if you want to participate...you must have a webcam and cannot be anonymous)
Language Tech Sat, Aug 09 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Yes, Two Implants Are Good. No, Make It Just One Implant.
Jamie Berke (About.com) In the United Kingdom, there is a row over a deaf baby who has been denied two (bilateral) cochlear implants. Several UK papers are reporting the case. At first, the...
Tech Culture Sat, Aug 09 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Reflections on past, present and future
Tania Says As I write this I am in Cappadocia, a historic area in the heart of Turkey where mountain people built their homes high up into huge stone cliffs around 400-1100 AD. I am staying in a cave (no joke) after a long day of hiking through gorgeous valleys. Over the centuries the wind has created [...]
Education Tech Sat, Aug 09 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Post-Op Visit
Sudden Silence Today was my post-op visit.  I haven’t seen the doctor since I woke up in the recovery room on July 22nd.  While Dave and I were in the waiting room, one of the receptionists looked up, caught my eye and asked me if I’d seen the doctor since my surgery.  I hesitated for a second, [...]
Language Tech Fri, Aug 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

You can build the Future
Deaf Sims's Web Log I am curious... Which phone company.. Will make a video phone on cell phone? I know there is V-Pad... But its depend on wireless router.. Not like mobile phone. I am sure most of you already saw movie "star war" when they try communation through visual wave... They can talk and see eachother.. Or be at the meeting through that visual communation phone. When will they ...
Tech Fri, Aug 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Teens Seize the Day at Techgirlz Camp
NTID News Young girls from across the country came to RIT/NTID for TechGirlz, a hands-on summer program focusing on math, science and technology for girls with hearing loss who are entering the 7th, 8th or 9th grade. The girls make their own computers which they bring home with them.
Higher Education Tech Culture Fri, Aug 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

VPAD and Some Ceiling Fans Do NOT Mix
Proud Geek I have a Viable VPAD with a wifi “stick” and a battery pack.  It's very nice being able to chat with friends from anywhere in my house without worrying about an Ethernet cable or having to plug it in! A friend of mine in California has a similar set-up.  But the first time she used her [...]
Tech Fri, Aug 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Closed Captioning look and feel on AppleTV and iTunes
Life is Complicated Deafmac.org posted a question on what people thought of iTunes Closed Captioning. I don't think a of people knows what it does look like but would like to see. Instead of trying to describe it in words I decided to post pictures and show that AppleTV's closed caption is a bit different from what we are used to. So first off, iTunes does support Closed Captioning as we...
Tech Fri, Aug 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

ASL Travel Log
deafsurfhistory.com Download: (:50 seconds) Video hosted by videoserver.us Click on YouTube
Art and Storytelling Tech Thu, Aug 07 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Gratitude
We Cue! I believe that my hearing loss is just one of the cards that the Mother Nature has dealt me… With this given card, it’s all up to me to choose how to respond to it. One of choices that I’m choosing to respond to my given cards is… Being grateful and thankful for everything and blessings that [...]
Language Education Tech Thu, Aug 07 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post