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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 |

Don’t shoot the messenger!

A few days ago, I was contacted directly by someone who works in the subtitling industry. I thought the request should not only be directed at me but have it thrown open to the public. He kindly gave approval as after all, this is regarding a public service. You have this opportunity to state your [...]

[ More ] July 18th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Media & Culture |

Deaf hit by end of TV subtitling service

London, England – The UK’s Teletext analog TV text service is to close next year – two years ahead of schedule, leaving large parts of the UK population without subtitling for the hard of hearing.
Associated Newspapers, which runs the service for the ITV, C4 and Five channels, had originally planned to shut the service down [...]

[ More ] July 17th, 2009 | 2 Comments | Posted in News, Technology |

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 |

It’s bad, bad, bad!

Lately, my wife and I have noticed the subtitles are getting higher and higher in the television pictures. It won’t be long before they end up smack in the middle of the screen. All the subtitling of the Channel 4 programs this evening have been located consistently high and blocking the pictures. Channel 4 is [...]

[ More ] July 14th, 2009 | 2 Comments | Posted in Media & Culture |

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