Category Archives: communication

quiet campus

Posted on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

2019: MTVU was acquired by CheddarU last year. I don’t know if this is still available to be seen anywhere but I did find this review of it: mtvU’s “Quiet Campus” : Only 4:37 minutes long… mtvU’s “Quiet Campus” : … Continue reading →

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sonic experiments

Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: sounds? english?; Captions: English; Languages: English, ASL] Her comments about the ownership of sound, right on target. Like 0

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dyslexie, a new font

Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: ?; Captions: English] Very interesting, hadn’t thought of this. Wonder how available this font is… Surely these principles could also be applied to other fonts to create a number of dyslexic-friendly fonts… Like 0

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privacy, anonymity, pseudonymity, and google plus

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Captions: English (more available at TED)] Well worth watching. People have many very wrong assumptions about “real” names, pseudonymity, and anonymity online. As Matthew Ingram points out, “As a number of users have pointed out, Google and Facebook … Continue reading →

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deaf like me

Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English (?); Captions: English; Languages: ASL (small bit), English] This is perfect! All of it rings so very true 😀 Like 0

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Keith Nolan – Deaf in the Military

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: ?; Captions: English; Languages: ASL, English] A very, very interesting presentation! I’m no fan of the military, personally, but I agree that a deaf person who wants to join the military ought to be able to, and Keith Nolan … Continue reading →

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you have no idea how wrong you are

Posted on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English, Captions: auto–decent, Subtitles: extensive] I would not ordinarily post something this long that was only auto captioned, but in this case it was pretty good and the subtitles throughout helped keep track of what he was saying. Interesting … Continue reading →

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computer recognition of signs

Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: French; Subtitles: English; Languages: French, English, FSL] Some pretty cool work being done here. There are several similar projects underway, but this one’s using a neural network algorithm, which has the potential for recognizing more subtle gestures plus matching … Continue reading →

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My Song

Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Subtitles: English; Languages: English, BSL] This is a long one — a 24 minute production, well worth the watch. This is the result of oralism — stuck in between. I’ve met every single person portrayed in here. (Well … Continue reading →

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On being wrong

Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Captioned: English] You will have to click through & watch on TED for the captions to be available. Also over time more languages are added in, so check for that if you’d like to see it in some … Continue reading →

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late night humor: can you understand me now??

Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 9:00 pm by

2:09 FTW!! Like 0

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Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability

Posted on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English: Captions: 23 languages (WOW)] Note that you’ll have to click through to TED to get the captioning options 🙁 It’s also on Youtube but only with autocaption, which is too crappy in this case. Like 0

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Joshua Bennett at the White House

Posted on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio; English; Captions: English; Languages: English, ASL (not enough to translate clip)] I am of very mixed feelings over this one. It came to my attention by way of a *lot* of gushing. Wow! Beautiful! Gorgeous! But I don’t find … Continue reading →

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allah save the punk

Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: music; Subtitles: English] This is a good article Muslim Feminist Punk: Helping Destroy Stereotypes of Gender, Religion and Race, but remember what I said a while back about erasure? Reading this, you’d almost never realize that Sabina England is … Continue reading →

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#egypt ian deaf want freedom

Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 6:00 am by

photo by Maggie Osama@flickr I love it! Like 0

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