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Apr 26, 20231 min read
Deaf Mother & Son Featured in Ford Commercial & TV Show Guests
Arlene Ngalle-Parvani and her son Darien Lopez were featured in a Ford commercial using ASL. image from The Jennifer Hudson Show Ngalle...
Jul 24, 20221 min read
Israeli startup says it aims to make the World Cup deaf-accessible
A new app called Sign Now will be available for the FIFA 2022 World Cup taking place in Qatar this November. image: i24news video Sign...
Jul 14, 20221 min read
FCC proposes fining Verizon $100K over accessibility issues
The Federal Communication Commission says Verizon "failed to provide the Enforcement Bureau with the information that was needed to...
May 5, 20221 min read
Live Captioning Company gets $10m in funding
A tech startup company called Ava that offers live captioning has raised $10 million in funding. Founder and CEO Thibault Duchemin grew...
Apr 16, 20221 min read
Apple CEO Tim Cook will deliver Gallaudet's commencement address
Cook will speak to the school's graduating class in Washington, D.C. on Friday, May 13. image from Apple.com Gallaudet President Roberta...
Oct 22, 20211 min read
Vox Media offers a visual way to experience podcasts
Vox Media has built what it calls an “immersive transcript” that’s accessible to deaf and hard of hearing audiences. Annu Subramanian,...
Oct 20, 20211 min read
New option for buying Hearing Aids soon if proposed regulations adopted
The FDA has issued new proposed guidelines on the sale of hearing aids. If adopted the new federal rules would make them available in...
May 26, 20211 min read
Apple offers new ASL service
Apple is launching a new service called SignTime. Customers can use it to communicate with AppleCare directly on their web browsers using...
Mar 18, 20211 min read
Google adds Real-Time Captioning to the Chrome Browser
The Chrome browser will now instantly captions audio and video on the web The Google feature, called Live Captions, has been available on...
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Auto Captions and Deaf Students
The National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes offers guidance on using automatic speech recognition (like Alexa) in deaf education....
Dec 29, 20201 min read
The promises and pitfalls of Neurotech
"connecting human brains to machines, computers and mobile phones." Neurotech attempts to "connect human brains to machines, computers...