Curtis Pride, former professional baseball player who happens to be deaf, is coaching Galludet’s baseball team. A former Gallaudet student returned at age 30 as a pitcher because of Pride. Read the inspiring story at USA Today.
Category Archive: Links
YouTube Auto-Captioning
A New Meme Is Brewing: YouTube CaptionFail. This is one of those situations where you wonder is it good to have captioning even though a lot of it is messed up or no captioning. I tried to autocaption two of my previously captioned videos. I took off the captions and let YouTube try its hand. …
Links: Captioning, Olympics and 508
STC AccessAbility SIG has two great articles, What is Unclear About Captioning and Olympian Anger — Is It So Hard to Remember Accessibility (amen!). More on Vancouver Olympic Websites from 456 Berea St. Mike Paciello provides a short update on the Section 508 / Section 255 Guidelines. Thanks to Laura Carlson for all the links. …
Employees with Disabilities Think outside of the box daily
[Who Are You Hiring in 2010? Thinking About Diversity in Another Way](http://www.fistfuloftalent.com/2010/01/who-are-you-hiring-in-2010.html) is a fabulous article that looks at hiring trends and thinking beyond the label. See [Think Beyond the Label](http://www.thinkbeyondthelabel.com/) to learn how you can evolve your workforce. The web site is “committed to making the business case for employing people with disabilities.” Here’s …
Links: 3 January 2009
Lots of things to report courtesy [Bill Creswell](http://billcreswell.wordpress.com/) [[@grwebguy](http://twitter.com/grwebguy), who should be greatccguy]. – [The Year in Captions in 2009](http://billcreswell.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/2009-the-year-in-captions/) – [Closed-Captions Missing from Several On Demand Movies](http://ehwhathuh.blogspot.com/2009/12/captioning-missing-from-several-on.html) – [17 Misconceptions about People with Hearing Loss](http://www.drf.org/magazine/38/Winter+2010+Issue/article/309) – [University of Arizona launches a class to help people who are losing their hearing.](http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/health/index.ssf?/base/national-88/126190764530580.xml&storylist=health) – [Court Reporting One …
Everywhere the Deaf Are Befuddled
see more deMotivational Posters Laugh courtesy [Very Demotivational](http://verydemotivational.com/2009/12/09/everywhere-the-deaf-are-befuddled/).
Links: 10 December 2009
Laura Carlson provides two great links in her long-time excellent resource, [Web Design References](http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/). I don’t know how long I’ve been reading it… but most certainly over five years. [Accessible Web Design](http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2009/12/united-states-disability-statistics-measurement-and-sources/) provides US disability statistics: Measurement and sources. [Jesblog](http://jebswebs.net/blog/2009/12/captioning-and-youtube/) looks at captioning and YouTube. “Anyway, a solution to finding a quick and inexpensive way …
Resources for Texans with Disabilities to Transition to College
Lots of resources from DeafNetwork. Going To College http://www.going-to-college.org/ This new website contains information about living college life with a disability. It is designed for high school students. The site provides video clips, activities, and resources that can help them get a head start in planning for college. Video interviews with college students with disabilities …
Make Video Accessible, Localized, Mobile and Searchable by Captioning
Great [tutorial that uses Opera Dragonfly and Opera Mobile 10](http://www.iheni.com/make-video-accessible-localised-mobile-and-searchable-by-captioning/) from iheni [Link: [Laura Carlson](http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/)] More goodness from [@iheni](http://twitter.com/iheni): [WCAG Trip-A: "Accessibiltiy as an Afterthought"](http://www.iheni.com/wcag-triple-a-accessibilty-as-an-afterthought/) More evidence [screenreader usage is shifting](http://tr.im/EPSC) via [@jared_w_smith](http://twitter.com/jared_w_smith): “Lower your prices or I’ll switch to Screen Reader X…” [@Jennison](http://twitter.com/Jennison) has set up a The Mobile & Handheld Technology Accessibility Forum …
Marlee Matlin and the Family Guy Crew
Matlin had a guest appearance on [Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show](http://www.hulu.com/watch/107556/family-guy-presents-seth-and-alexs-almost-live-comedy-show). You can find her part around 14 minutes into the show. Her sign off cracked me up. She has an [interview about her appearance on Hulu](http://www.hulu.com/watch/107551/family-guy-presents-seth-and-alexs-almost-live-comedy-show-special-guest#s-p1-sr-i0). It’s not captioned, but you the [amazing Bill Cresswell](http://billcreswell.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/marlee-matlin-interview-about-almost-live-cc/#clip/) provides the script. Wow. …