Archives for “Hearing”
I made my first transcription today! Tom Johnson posted his videocast interview with Brenda Huettner from the STC Summit in Dallas last week. I was provoked. I’ve argued for ages that technical communicators can lead the way in promoting transcriptions and captions (and audio descriptions, too). Here was a technical communication video on the topic [...]
Does your business know about the need for captioning?This recent article might be a wake-up call for people in the United States: Who is Required to Close-Caption? With only a few exceptions, all programming for broadcast in the United States must be closed captioned. Fortunately, the article includes the FCC fact sheet for more closed [...]
For many of the participants, it's their first glimpse into the high-tech world and first [opportunity] to spontaneously talk to their classmates.
Editor’s note: Here’s an anecdote from Lori Gillen, co-manager, that puts accessibility-in-the-workplace in perspective. We are not accustomed to seeing accessibility in action in the workplace, so I wanted to share a little experience that I had in which assistive technology helped people with disabilities function in the workplace. I attended a meeting at the [...]
The November 4th 2008 US election is considered historical, but do you know what else made history that day? New technology that can be used for captioned radio broadcasts. From the press release sent out on that occasion: While millions of U.S. citizens voted in national and local elections last week, some of the nation’s [...]
I was asked to prepare a persona on what users over the age of 50 may need to maximize their use of the STC Body of Knowledge portal. The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is currently developing a Body of Knowledge (BoK) portal where Technical Communicators can share their areas of expertise with each other. [...]
(This is an article reprinted here by kind permission from its author, Becky Morris.) Disabled student service providers and vocational rehabilitation counselors are on the ‘front line’ addressing the needs of hard of hearing individuals. You are the professionals who need to understand the communication obstacles, introduce technical solutions and other support services to hard [...]
Lori Gillen, incoming Co-Manager of the SIG, put together some useful tips for participants attending this year’s STC conference in Philadelphia. These tips can be used at any presentation, anywhere, of course! The tips are provided to help conference participants hear better and get much more out of their conference experience. Sit next to one [...]
Lori Gillen, incoming Co-Manager of the SIG, put together some useful tips for speakers at this year’s STC conference in Philadelphia. The tips are provided to help speakers ensure better hearing of presentation content. These tips can be used for any presentation, anywhere, of course. Your audience will thank you! Bring written content (slide presentation [...]
Looking for some “deaf blogs”? The Stone Deaf Pilots is a great place to start. It is a blog dedicated deaf technology, assistive technology, and tech-related accessibility issues faced by the deaf and hard of hearing. This blog is for anyone, deaf or hearing, who wants to learn more about deaf technology and non-deaf-specific technology [...]
A-Z to Deafblindness provides information and resources for the deafblind. ALS Pah! an e-zine for American Sign Language students and teachers American Auditory Society American Sign Language Fingerspelling dictionary, converters, quiz ALS Online Lessons Apple® Accessibility Features Vision built into all Macintosh computers provides adjustable keyboard, an ergonomic mouse, CloseView screen magnification software, Easy Access [...]
Hearing accessibility topics include prelingual and postlingual deafness for profound deafness and hard-of-hearing. Information is also provided for presbyacousis (old-age hearing loss). Reference Books and Resources There are several excellent books related to hearing. See the suggested reading list for general information and detailed reference books for your library. Recent and Relevant Regenerated hair cells [...]
![[Valid XHTML 1.0]](/wp-content/uploads/w3c_xhtml10.gif "Validate XHTML 1.0"){kind=small}
![[Valid CSS!]](/wp-content/uploads/w3c_validcssb.png "Validate CSS"){kind=small}
![[W3C Web standards]](/wp-content/uploads/w3c_standards.gif "This site conforms to W3C Web Standards"){kind=small}
![[Cynthia Says Tested]](/wp-content/uploads/Ctested.gif "Test Section 508 standards and WCAG guidelines for accessibility"){kind=small}
![[Passes the Lynx Validator]](/wp-content/uploads/lynx_inspected-80x15.gif "Convert to text-only page and validate in Lynx Viewer"){kind=small}
![[Valid RSS]](/wp-content/uploads/valid_rss.png "Validate my RSS feed")
![[GrayBit]](/wp-content/uploads/graybit.gif "Convert full-color Web page into grayscale to test accessibility"){kind=small}
![[MySQL database]](/wp-content/uploads/mysql_powered.gif "The database is powered by MySQL"){kind=small}
![[Section 508]](/wp-content/uploads/sec508b.gif "U.S. Government Section 508 requirements"){kind=small}
![[WordPress]](/wp-content/uploads/wp-icon.png "This blog is powered by WordPress"){kind=icon}
![[pbWiki]](/wp-content/uploads/pb_wiki-80x15.gif "A-SIG's Management Wiki powered by Peanut Butter Wiki"){kind=small}
![[STC AccessAbility SIG]](/wp-content/uploads/stc_a-sig.gif "The STC AccessAbility SIG Web site"){kind=small}
Recent Comments