An Open Letter to the Indiana Government
The Deaf Edge ASL Version Dear Indiana Legislators: As a Deaf Community activist, with a degree in Public Administration, I am writing to you to strongly state my opposition to House Bill 1367, and am asking you to oppose this as well. HB ... Continue reading →
Sun, Jan 22 2012
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We are Deaf
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Sun, Jan 01 2012
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Automatic Captions in YouTube
via link submit Since we first announced captions in Google Video and YouTube, we've introduced multiple caption tracks, improved search functionality and even automatic translation. Each of these features has had great personal significance to me, not only because I helped to design them, but also because I'm deaf. Today, I'm in Washington, D.C. to announce what I consider the most ...
Thu, Nov 19 2009
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NETFLIX DID IT AGAIN : FALLING ON DEAF EARS!!!
Amy Cohen Efron I cannot fathom this. It is so absurd! Unbelievable! I am peeved! Netflix did it AGAIN! GAWD!! This is OUTRAGEOUS! They did something really bad.... read on... Do you remember our beloved PBS show called Through Deaf Eyes that was shown in 2007? THROUGH DEAF [...]
Mon, Oct 19 2009
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Marlee Matlin to receive Walk of Fame star today
via link submit Marlee Matlin will receive the 2,383rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame May 6, honoring an extensive television and movie career, including being the youngest winner of the best actress Academy Award. (Tayler will be shooting this ceremony. Stay posted.)
Wed, May 06 2009
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DeafRead Moderators Appreciation Day!
DeafRead Team Would you believe it if I said DeafRead had 45,298 articles?! 1,028 days passed since DeafRead was born, so this figures to a mind-boggling 44.064 posts per day. In and out! On Saturdays and Sundays. On Valentine's Day, July the Fourth and Thanksgiving! (Thankfully DeafRead slows down on these days.) Before you start saying the moderators could [...]
Wed, May 06 2009
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Living in the Fast Lane: Lonnie Tanenberg, ATC
DeafNation In a sweaty locker room atmosphere, a man is pretty much around, he is in the whirlpool area, the training room table, the men's locker rooms and the women's locker rooms, the playing field, the racetracks, wherever he is to be found, he is tending to the athletes...
Tue, May 05 2009
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Apple for Chicklet (ASL VLOG)
Jon Savage Hi, I want to share with you about my video project with my daughter, Renny. We did produced a video together for my class at UCSD: Digital Art Center's Video, Sound, Motion Graphic program. This video clip is required to have a film that runs in 90 seconds and the topic is related to “Animals” plus [...]
Sun, Apr 26 2009
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WMAQB: NFL Draft Preview Edition
It is what it is. I originally wrote this for www.sportsmx.com, but they haven't put it up yet for whatever reason...instead of letting this go to waste..it's on my blog now for those who want a primer on this weekend's NFL draft. Sorry, it is not DETAILED enough (just the top 2-3 prospects at each position)...I have a life you know? [...]
Thu, Apr 23 2009
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Improved search engine at DeafRead
DeafRead Team With DeafRead's articles recently surpassing its 25,000th, I decided it was time to give DeafRead Search the respect it deserved. There's quite a bunch of content to be searched for your peruse. The default search gives you results based on relevancy. Relevancy improves the chances that you find what you are searching for. If the term [...]
Sat, Apr 18 2009
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Peripheral vision of the online community
Tayler Mayer On a post by Mishka Zena, she tries to understand what makes some people consider cochlear implants as evil. I made a comment unrelated to cochlear implants. I don’t think the commenters that we see are representative of the deaf community. Passionate people are more motivated to comment–making moderates appear non-existent. Silent moderates make up the [...]
Fri, Apr 17 2009
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My Perspective about Video Phones (VP)
Fookem and Bug By Jimactor Summary: I want to discuss with you about different video phones (vp) that I hear many stories of how my friends talk about good or bad things about video phone products. Keep in your mind, I am in neutral position, I just want to explain you what I think of. The video phones company are Sorenson, CSDVRS [...]
Mon, Apr 13 2009
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The CODA BROTHERS SHOW - 3
LAUGH. LEARN. SIGN.
Mon, Apr 13 2009
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Facebook in Reality - Idiots of Ants (Captioned)
bill creswell more about "Facebook in Reality - Idiots of Ants ...", posted with vodpod Posted in Uncategorized
Sun, Apr 12 2009
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Bill Cresswell
SpeakUpLibrarian I'm finding myself becoming more "caption dependent" all the time. This week I went to a movie with open captions that I wouldn't have gone to otherwise. The movie (Duplicity) was so-so as I expected but getting to see the dialogue was very enjoyable. In my house, it's become standard practice to switch the captions on for a DVD as soon as the previews are finished. T...
Fri, Apr 10 2009
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AGBell Didn't Destroy the Martha's Vineyard Island Community
Kalalau's Korner A discussion vlog: Carl Schroeder explains his understanding of Alexander Graham Bell's research of Martha's Vineyard Island that began in 1883, unbeknown of Mendelian genetics.
Thu, Apr 09 2009
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DeafRead as platform for activism
DeafRead Team It's been amazing to watch traffic over the last few days. Traffic rose. It is clear to me why it did—the Audism Free America (AFA) protests. Because DeafRead, the site, is neutral, this post wasn't written in support or opposition of the recent AFA activity. The aggregator, however, is proud to serve as a platform on [...]
Tue, Apr 07 2009
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Voice Recognition For VRS?
The Deaf Edge It's widely agreed in the national Deaf Community, not just in Michigan's, that there is a major dearth of interpreters who can voice accurately and smoothly. This issue is now spilling over to the VRS industry and one likely reason for this is because of the industry's draining the pool of community/free-lance interpreters, who are [...]
Tue, Apr 07 2009
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ASL ROCKS!
Jon Savage Answered to WHAT, WHY, WHO, HOW, WHERE, and WHEN about American Sign Language in 34 seconds! Tags: American Sign Language, Deaf, Community, America, Vlog, ASL
Fri, Apr 03 2009
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ASL Laughs: "The 3 Deaf Astronauts"
ABC The 3 Deaf astronauts stay in space for 10 years.....
Thu, Apr 02 2009
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WE SKYDIVED!!
ABC JohnABC, Jill and CODA son Johnnie skydived!!
Sun, Mar 29 2009
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Steak ‘n Shake, The “Other” Side of the...
A Deaf Mom Shares Her World It's amazing to me that a year later, people still remember the Steak ‘n Shake incident where my son and I were denied service at the drive-thru window of the Bolingbrook Steak ‘n Shake.  I still receive comments from time to time, and with the exception of two that were literally nasty comments, I've published [...]
Fri, Mar 27 2009
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Two new DeafRead features
DeafRead Team “Hello everyone! About 2 months ago, Jared contacted the DeafRead team to meet online. We recently had the opportunity to do this a couple weeks ago. It was pretty much an open table meeting - we could talk about anything. A number of features were proposed to improve the DeafRead experience. The second feature will be explained [...]
Thu, Mar 26 2009
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