21st December 2006

Podcasting and Video Relay Services

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I’m getting really frustrated that there are podcastings available that I NEED to listen and there’s no transcription available (yeah, yea it’s all about the money).

Has anyone come up with a creative solution to use VRS to interpret a podcast?

Or is that a no-no?

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  1. 1 On December 21st, 2006, Andrea said:

    My understanding is that VRS (just like TTY relay services) is restricted to the use of interpreting PHONE CALLS only. It’s not meant for use for interpreting day-to-day life activities outside of phone calling.

    But, yeah, podcasts SHOULD all be transcribed and/or live-captioned. I guess that’s one of the next battles for us middle class and rich deaf people in rich countries. (I’m qualifying the statement here because, for most deaf people in the world, especially in developing countries, they’re still fighting just for the right to get into a classroom so they can learn to read and write, and still working to persuade hearing employers that deaf people ARE employable, etc. — they’re not anywhere near the state of affairs we have where we are fortunate enough to have the luxury to worry about inaccessible podcasts.)

    Andrea

  2. 2 On December 21st, 2006, DeafSpook said:

    Relay services require a phone number for the agent to call in order for you to receive Relay service.

  3. 3 On December 21st, 2006, jsg said:

    I have used VRS to interpret a teleseminar phone call before.

    I supposed I could just call someone via VRS and this person could play a podcast over the phone.

    I’m wondering if anyone done that before.

  4. 4 On December 22nd, 2006, Rox said:

    Why would you even NEED to hear a podcast? If it’s necessary for work, then your employer should pay for an interpreter to come and interpret it for you. Otherwise, I don’t see the necessity?

  5. 5 On December 22nd, 2006, jsg said:

    I work for myself, so I have to spend the $$ for interpreters, which is not a feasible option.

    And besides, what about being able to listen to interesting podcasts that are not related to employment?

    Should we extend our rights to full accessibility to podcasts? I think sooner or later a line will be drawn.

    JSG

  6. 6 On December 25th, 2006, Pinky said:

    I’d love to collect your any story about VRS. Please check http://www.PinkyVRSvp.blogspot.com

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