Video Relay Services: Removing the Profit Incentive Of...
Michael Janger's Blog On February 25, 2010, in an ongoing response to the November arrests of 26 Video Relay Services (VRS) executives and employees for defrauding the United States Government, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a declaratory ruling regarding its VRS program. While most of the policy declarations were non-controversial, one policy statement that prohibits ...
Fri, Mar 05 2010
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Southwest Airline offer videophone as customer svc
Illustrator: Blog-alloon I never thought I would ever seen the videophone to use as customer service than rather use yourself to VRS to company's custom service, that ought speed up on your solution or whatever you look for. Thank ddseattlewa! Sprint and Southwest Airlines have joined forces to offer toll-free TTY (teletypewriter) and video relay access, giving deaf and [...]
Wed, Jun 24 2009
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Man who won’t wake up on Subway
DeafJoke.tv One Morning I got on a subway train and a man who passed out after NCAA game victory during March Madness. Created by GeminiOxBob
Mon, Jun 15 2009
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Sin City – Captioned Trailer
bill creswell Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted, Some call it dark. Some call it hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home. Crooked cops. Sexy Dames. Desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge–others lust after redemption. And then there are those hoping for a little of both. A [...]
Thu, May 07 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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Earth Day Video - Proof CFL Bulbs Rock!
EcoDeaf On recent Earth Day (April 22), Jennifer Nasukiewicz, Summer Crider and myself went to the Mall (not an indoor shopping mall, but a outdoor area between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln statue). There was an Earth Day celebration, and this awesome hands-on bike shows why CFL's trumps regular light bulbs hands down.  Go to your nearest hardware store to replace your b...
Mon, Apr 27 2009
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Alexander Graham Bell the name
Tayler Mayer First things first: AGBell = organization Dr. Bell = person I encourage AGBell to put it into writing that they no longer support the philosophy put forth by their founder. This is like kicking themselves in the nuts, but bear with me here. AGBell has a page, however small, about the option of using ASL to teach deaf [...]
Wed, Apr 15 2009
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AGB + ASL = SHAM
Kalalau's Korner A discussion vlog: Carl Schroeder asserts his credentials and rejects some claims that AGB folks support ASL. Visit the AGB Association and search for ASL and you will find that it doesn't refer people to American Sign Language Teachers Association, Gallaudet University, National Technical Institution for the Deaf or any institutions offering courses in ASL. Carl does...
Wed, Apr 15 2009
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AFA press release about Historic Meeting and Rally
AUDISM FREE AMERICA link to PR web [link] Free America: Outcomes of the Historic Meeting and Rally at the AG Bell Association HeadquartersWashington, DC (PRWEB) April 13, 2009 -- Audism Free America is a grassroots movement made up of Deaf and hearing people from across the United States and Canada who are bringing about awareness of Audism - defined as attitudes and practices based on...
Mon, Apr 13 2009
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Rippling Cartoon
That Deaf Cartoonist After seeing all the reruns of Jurassic Park movies, I was in a silly mood and wanted to develop a cartoon that goes with “That Deaf Guy” and a T.Rex. Ummm, what a coincidence to get a page and meet a T Rex! ‘Til next time—Matt
Sat, Apr 11 2009
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Subtitles for Apple Mac tutorials
I look so I can hear.... I've bought an electronic frisbee Apple MacBook Air and am struggling with finding out how to use all the applications, as it didn't come with a manual. I found video tutorials online however they aren't captioned. A problem for me, since I can't hear! I discovered this site, Mac Video Tutorial subtitles project. The video tutorials [...]
Sat, Apr 11 2009
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Why go after AGBell? What is the difference between AFA and...
Musings on communication Participating in the AFA protest was at once enlightening, troubling and thought-provoking.Enlightening because I had questions about who the AFA leaders were, what its agenda was, and its future plans. Not all of these questions were answered, but I am satisfied that it is a separate organization from the DBC and directed by different leaders than are involved i...
Thu, Apr 09 2009
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AGB is the Father of all Deaf Oppression????????
valhallian.com The comments of another blog has inspired me to write this post.  A commenter said that AGB is the Father of all Deaf Oppression. Now that really threw me for a loop, considering the fact that there are other oppressors or practitioners of audism that are far worse than AGB......FAR WORSE!!!! But before I get into [...]
Mon, Apr 06 2009
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DBC and AFA: The wrong approach?
Dr. DonG.'s Deafhood Discourses QuickTime by: vPIP Embed (copy & paste): close vPIP_setVisible("divEmbedCode202", false); People have been criticizing DBC and AFA for their approach in holding rallies and protests targeting the AGB Association.  This morning, I came across an article in Newsweek magazine which had a quote by Frederick Douglass, the anti-slavery or...
Mon, Apr 06 2009
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Excuse ME! Cartoon
That Deaf Cartoonist I can see most of your deaf heads shaking and saying “YEAH!” thats happened to me many times! I don’t understand why somebody would be so impatient. Wouldn’t it be easier and demonstrate more etiquette just step around the person who is blocking the way? Sure would save some embarrassment. ‘Til next time—Matt
Sun, Apr 05 2009
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