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
Caption Action 2: March 2013 Newsletter
March 15th, 2013 by Caption Action 2
Posted in Hearing Loss |
Soccer practice
March 15th, 2013 by Stephanie
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
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant |
Charity trustees, not responsible enough…
March 15th, 2013 by At The Rim
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
Posted in Deaf |
DARG 1 British Gas 0
March 15th, 2013 by At The Rim
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
Posted in Deaf |
Your Group Does Captioning Advocacy? Talks about Captioning? Great!
March 15th, 2013 by ls
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
Posted in Deaf, Hearing Loss |
S.T.A.R. Student Awards
March 15th, 2013 by Jazzie and Tahlia
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
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Irish Health Minister: “Priority” to offer children bilateral cochlear implants in 2014
March 15th, 2013 by cochlearimplantHELP
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
Posted in Uncategorized |
It pays to Advertise
March 15th, 2013 by At The Rim
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 Tina
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
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Deaf |
More New Cochlear Processor Spy Photos
March 14th, 2013 by cochlearimplantHELP
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
