Rocketboom is captioned

I don’t know if you all know about Rocketboom.com. It’s a public service announcement about current events and/or satire about everyday life. This is one of my favorite programs, and I look forward to seeing this video every day when I get a chance.
Check to see what Michael Smolens of dotSUB.com says about captioning their [...]

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Harkle.com

Harkle.com is a directory of closed captioned web videos servicing the deaf, hard of hearing and anyone who enjoys the clarity that closed captioning provides. Harkle is also an advocate for web captioning and accessibility, persuading producers to caption their content and promoting free or inexpensive software or services.

Want to see a specific web video [...]

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“Dance, Monkeys, Dance” is Captioned!

I was on Stumble Upon over the weekend, and I found this web video called “Dance, Monkeys, Dance.” It looked really cool, but it had audio. Unfortunately, it was not captioned. So I contacted James Short of harkle.com to see if there is a way to get this captioned. James then emailed Ernie Cline, the [...]

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Medea

Today, I went to Richmond to see “Medea.” I thoroughly enjoyed watching the play since it’s been a while for me to see a play with deaf actors. The interesting thing about the play was that there were several levels of communication between Medea and other characters. For example, her husband, Jason, did it in [...]

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Nalaga’at

I found this really cool theatre group via Deaf Digest (www.deafdigest.com). Nalaga’at, “do touch,” is a theatre group of 12 people who have Usher’s syndrome. (Those who have Usher’s tend to be blind and deaf.) They are based in Jerusalem, and have already traveled around the world. Their current performance is called “Light is heard [...]

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D-PAN

Deaf Performing Artists Network, D-PAN, is a non-profit organization that makes music videos for the deaf and hard of hearing. One video that they have recently produced is called “Where’d you go,” a song by Fort Minor. Deaf performing artists signed the song like it’s a music video. This is my first time seeing [...]

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Gil Eastman & Deaf Mosaic

I just received the news that Gil Eastman has passed away yesterday. He died of cancer. I grew up watching the television program called “Deaf Mosaic” in which he was a co-host. I loved that program, and that was where I learned so much about deaf history and culture, considering the fact that [...]

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