globeandmail.com: New devices open communications for deaf

November 7, 2007 in Communication, Deaf, News, Technology

globeandmail.com: New devices open communications for deaf: “New devices open communications for deaf
SETH SUTEL
Associated Press
November 7, 2007
Five years ago the staff at Ken Gan’s auto repair shop told him they needed to find a better way of communicating with customers who were deaf.
‘I said, let me go shopping — I’ll buy you whatever’s out there,’ [...]

Theatres to add captions

July 26, 2007 in Closed Captioning, Deaf, Education, Hard of Hearing, News

Theatre to add captions
DAVID GEORGE-COSH
July 26, 2007
If Scott Simser wasn’t a movie buff before, he sure is one now.
Mr. Simser, who is deaf, was jubilant after a settlement was announced yesterday by the Ontario Human Rights Commission that will put captioning technology in more theatres across the province.
Major movie exhibitors – Alliance Atlantis, AMC Entertainment, [...]

ClipBlast! Expands Automated Web Video Indexing System, Developed to Build World’s Largest Index of Video Online

July 20, 2007 in Captioned Videos, Closed Captioning, News, Subtitle, Technology

ClipBlast! Expands Automated Web Video Indexing System, Developed to Build World’s Largest Index of Video Online
Announced at iHollywood Search and Media, Company Anticipates Tens of Millions of New Clips Coming Online within Next 90 Days
iHollywood Search and Media 2007
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Amid explosive growth of the Video Web, ClipBlast! (www.clipblast.com), the premier Web-wide video search and [...]