Monday, June 16, 2008
ASL, Captioning, and the Puppetmaster.
*transcript*
Hello!
*ahh*
Excuse me.
*removing the plant in the way*
Thank you.
Okay, I'm here today because we have been discussing Closed Captioning.
CC Closed Captioning, read my lips can? CLOSED CAPTIONING. CC.
Perfect!
You know those who speak and hear?
Those who throw upon us the English language?
You know Deaf people?
Can they skillfully write in English?
Yes, there are.
In fact, many of them do, yet not all of them can.
Let me emphasize: NOT ALL.
So their language is a visual one such as ASL, gestures and communicating with a physical presence that connects.
In the past, I made a vlog relating to Audism, Earbox mouthbox headbox.
Talking like a puppet.
That's a big "NO! NO!" and rather superficial for the individual. This causes them to think and float around in an atmosphere of unknowing which eventually becomes a game and not the expression of an individual being who they are. A disconnection with the true self.
Let us take our headbox (audist) mentality and put it aside and on hold.
Let's focus now on our hearts. The focus shall be our heart.
We have feelings.
We have emotions.
Each of us possess these things whether we are hearing or deaf.
We have them.
Most of the time people speak and the noise becomes rampant which causes that to be the focus. That is a little bit restricting and only allows little room for an actual heart to heart connection to be made where each truly understands the other.
That brings me back to my point regarding closed captioning.
If I use closed captioning on my vlogs you will pay attention to the words and not look at me (my language). Things will fly by and my talk (language) will be pointless. Now, you may understand my message, yes, but you fail to meet me eye to eye where a real connection is made. When you look at the captions and not the signer, you're being rude and impolite.
Suppose I show up and meet a hearing person only to speak to the ground and never make eye contact. Never see the person for who they are and what they express. Is that polite? Polite?
That's not polite.
So... (use your hoo here)
You!
Me!
Standing before one another.
Looking eye to eye.
We meet.
Ok.
Visual.
Gestures.
Communication.
You and Me.
We are good.
Friends.
We walk together through life.
One is Deaf.
One is Hearing.
Can they walk together?
How! How?
You and I look together.
Not down.
Not up.
No.
Eye to Eye, we understand and truly make that heart to heart connection.
Not things on the surface where we pretend and become puppets.
So come,...
Try a visual language for a change.
Question: Do you want your child or a puppet?
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4 comments:
Jeffeterlingua, you've done it again!
CHAMP!!!!
That was HEART man! Circle Heart-Thumbs up! Pure, ASL and Cultural resonance! You hit the mark! Piercing us through and beyond.... You continue to touch, move and guide us viscerally. Fire in the belly!
Give us your eyes and heart and connection so that we may know and understand and commune heart to heart, rather than eye to text.
Love it!
Hugs!
~ LaRonda
www.earofmyheart.com
WHOOHOOOOAAAAAHHHH!!!!!
*hands wave* You've hit the nail right on the head!
You've described them right to a "T". Eyes to eyes go depth into their windows of souls.
End of discussion....
Misha :D
Well, captioning and speech is the norm' for other deaf people, so you exclude them as well, not everyone can do ASL, I live in the UK they use BSL here, so I sign that you are OK ? or will you demand I use ASL OR text too ?
We need to compromise on this, not fight over it, it is important deaf understand each other, there is no communication without a level playing field. Transcribing is fine, you do your ASL we read what you say, so how is it different if you don't put in CC ? would we not STILL ignore the language and read your view ? In the United Kingdom a survey of 'Deaf' people here overwhelmingly voted for subtitling access, and caused a near riot when a deaf program wanted them omitted in favour of BSL on its own, the deaf have spoken already. When it comes to medias, CC is the majority preference even WITH the deaf, we know not everyone can sign or do ASL or BSL that's why this access via CC was developed. Now you demand that access is a privilege you can bestow or refuse at will ? You have to accept we all can't sign ir understand BSL, so do you want us to 'listen' to what you have to say, or not ?
Mellow Meldrew,
I understand everything you have said and I can see your points. I have no problem providing a transcript for my vlogs.
Not a problem at all.
In fact, I'm more than happy to have a transcript accompany my vlogs because it will help anyone, whether hearing, BSL user, or any other signed language user begin to connect the words with the signs. (of course, if they understand English, which most airlines do)
It may be time consuming to do the matching of signs and words but that is just as time consuming as providing captions in the vlogs.
You see...I've grown up using my voice, my lip-reading ability, and my English.
I have promoted the hearing cause. I have been a puppet. I have done their work. I have exceeded their expectations...
Shall I continue?
I have slaved for the ideals of the hearing world. So much that I've caught myself lying to my own heart.
And what of them for us who embrace the need to communicate visually?
Sure, there are captioned movies, DVD's, transcripts, and etc. All of that jazz...
Just remember,... none of that came to be until we got up and fought for our rights to be provided access. If we didn't do such, would we have captions? I would think not.
Who has denied opportunities to users of a visual language that might not have a full grasp on English?
You know hoo.
Please think about the things we do and for whom? We have done for hoos! We are done with doing for hoos!
My intention is to share ASL with everyone. If I captioned my vlogs, people will just stick with the English in print and screw over whatever opportunities to learn and practice ASL ( or any other sign language like BSL or Auslan for that matter ).
Don't tell me I don't know that.
I do. I've seen hoos climax at the prospect of learning sign language only to later be distracted by the news on tv or the sound of music.
They are people of the ear.
We are people of the eye.
Me before life what:
UNHOO! I sucked on their hose long enough.
Today I suck no more.
Do you?
We need to embrace and share our visual languages. Besides, if you want to be about diversity, you will want to know what those who don't write English have to say.
If you don't care what they have to say, I guess I'll have to ask the next question:
Who are the imbeciles?
There is plenty of fun in learning other sign languages by watching over and over what is being signed. A transcript, which I have provided, helps make this easier.
Not just with BSL and Auslan where English is used but with Mexican Sign Language, Ecuadorian Sign Language, Spanish Sign Language, Korean Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language, Kenyan Sign Language and many more.
Free yourself from the prison of your mind, which hoos have greatly influenced, and have an open heart which the Natural has blessed you with.
You'll be surprised.
Anyhow,..thanks for the comment you left behind. I appreciate it.
Also, are you by any chance related to the Robertsons of Wales?
Such is my ancestry.
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