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Gold-plated service

At the behest of Alison Byran of G.O.D.
Apologies for the lengthy break away from blogging. Things have been mad at work, plus an impending new addition to our new family, plus sustained efforts throughout Autumn to renovate the 2nd half of our house in readiness for the new addition. Oh well, life happened!
I started [...]

[ More ] January 9th, 2010 | 2 Comments | Posted in Deaf, Health, Technology |

Co-operation raises £1 million for the deaf

Co-operation raises £1 million for the deaf
I am proud to announce that with the generous help of the Cumbrian public, the 37 local Co-operative stores in the area and other Co-operative businesses throughout the UK, £1 million has been raised so far for RNID (The Royal National Institute for Deaf People).

The Co-op has chosen the [...]

[ More ] July 18th, 2009 | 8 Comments | Posted in Deaf, News |

Web Two point Oh, No!

This fella absolutely knocked the issue of charities’ transparency on head.
The gist of his article is to encourage greater engagement with the stakeholders and taking on aboard their criticisms. He also suggested that charities should be open about their activities and heed the criticisms in order to learn from it. He also advocate the use [...]

[ More ] July 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Deaf |

TAG calls for Government action after independent Ofcom report on deaf telecoms

TAG is calling for Government action to improve deaf telecoms services following a new report from Ofcom that highlights the benefits that modernised telephone relay services could have on the employment and everyday lives of deaf people. The independent report, Voice telephony services for deaf people, was commissioned by Ofcom as part of its work [...]

[ More ] July 9th, 2009 | 4 Comments | Posted in Deaf, Employment, Media & Culture, News |

Computer learn sign language from watching telly

Check out this link here for the full story.
Comment:
Gosh! Sign-language recognition is not that far away. But the irony is here. The video is not even subtitled! Some people just don’t think, do they!

[ More ] July 8th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Deaf, Media & Culture |

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