Caption Action 2: March 2013 Newsletter

March 15th, 2013 by

This is the Caption Action 2 newsletter for March 2013. First, a final quick reminder: THIS month is a very important milestone for internet captioning law. By the end of this month – on March 30, 2013 – live and near-live video programming must be captioned online if it is shown Read More

 

Soccer practice

March 15th, 2013 by

First soccer practice took place the other night.  Tuesday.  We took a bunch of the kids with us. Logan, trying to practice some moves. Summer, hanging out with friends. Reni, getting ready to practice.  She loves soccer.    Nik collecting balls to juggle while Read More

 

Charity trustees, not responsible enough…

March 15th, 2013 by

Over half of the investigations completed by the Charity Commission in 2011-12 involved basic failures of trusteeship, according to a report published today by the charity regulator. Are deaf charity trustees up to it ?   We read of one who was selected for the British Deaf Read More

 

DARG 1 British Gas 0

March 15th, 2013 by

Deaf access researcher  Ian Crimond has won his battle with british gas.  they will be changing their web site ‘contact us’ forms to now accept the text relay prefix 18002 in their telephone contact box.  Mr Ian Crimmond stated ” this has been a long fight and I Read More

 

Your Group Does Captioning Advocacy? Talks about Captioning? Great!

March 15th, 2013 by

There are so many good groups in many countries that do captioning advocacy of different sorts, within wider and different goals and agendas. Send the CCAC your news about captioning advocacy of any sort! Send us your questions. Join us in the CCAC too. The CCAC is the place to be for captioning Read More

 

S.T.A.R. Student Awards

March 15th, 2013 by

Last week we attended a breakfast at school for the S.T.A.R. Student Awards at school. Each month, one student from every 4th, 5th and 6th grade class is nominated by his/her teacher and is recognized for their attendance, quality of work, effort and/or attitude. So we made our way to school Read More

 

Irish Health Minister: “Priority” to offer children bilateral cochlear implants in 2014

March 15th, 2013 by

In the continuing saga of the Irish Happy New Ear campaign, Irish Health Minister James Reilly has said that providing children with bilateral cochlear implants in 2014 is “a high priority” for the government. Read more here.   Filed under: News … Continue reading → Read More

 

It pays to Advertise

March 15th, 2013 by

captioned/ASL vblog     ASL real  Awareness, not BSL whining….. this is where they should be concentrating their energies. Read More

 

New Cochlear Processor Spy Photos

March 14th, 2013 by

These photos confirm that Cochlear’s new processor will be available in two versions.  The larger one has an accessory port, which can be used for direct audio input, a lapel microphone, or with earbuds or headphones to check that the processor and audio accessories are working Read More

 

More New Cochlear Processor Spy Photos

March 14th, 2013 by

These photos confirm that Cochlear’s new processor will be available in two versions.  The larger one has an accessory port, which can be used for direct audio input, a lapel microphone, or with earbuds or headphones to check that the … Continue reading → Read More