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New YouTube Auto Captioning Aids Search, Usability, and the Hearing Impaired (video)

Daisy Whitney | Posted 12.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Ken Harrenstien, Google, Youtube, Youtube-Automatic-Captions, Deaf, Hearing Impaired, Technology News
Daisy Whitney

The automatic captioning feature has far-reaching implications for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, international users, and publishers who seek increase search optimization.

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Deaf People Speak Out Against Hearing Actor Portraying Deaf Role

Lennard Davis | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Deafness, Theater, Acting, New York Theater, New-York-Theater-Workshop, Deaf, Disability Rights, Entertainment News
Lennard Davis

The normal education in the US involves extensive training in speech for deaf people. While not all will end up speaking in ways that might work on stage, so many can.

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New York Times' Gay Marriage Nothing New

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: South Africa, Gay Rights, Evangelical Christians, Religious Freedom, Equal Rights, New York Times, Canada, Constitution, Netherlands, Deaf, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Evangelicals, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Imagine my surprise when the New York Times published an op-ed yesterday describing a new "great compromise" on gay marriage that essentially provided for marriage rights with religious exemptions.

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Obama Campaign Reaches Out To Deaf Community

Fulton Sun | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Outreach, Presidential Election 2008, Deaf, Deaf Voters, Voters, Barack Obama, Politics News

Dialing number after number, Martha Eisenhour sat at a single table working her way through a phone list of unreachable people that most campaigns mig...

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