Comments on: Accessible Design for the Deaf http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/03/accessible-design-for-the-deaf/ Tips and Commentary on Web Accessibility, Usability, and Search Marketing best practices. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:51:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: SurdoParadox http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/03/accessible-design-for-the-deaf/comment-page-1/#comment-33847 SurdoParadox Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:31:51 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=19#comment-33847 I am deaf and I know we demand signers etc We have put ourselves into a Schizophrenic position by appearing to demand for signers. In reality it is just a political tool used for positioning get ourselves jobs and create more for the sign language industy by a minority of activists. As a native signer its a medium that doesnt lend itself to the web We are now increasingly digitally disenfranchised and lagging behind the mainstream as people in in the web & media industries have played far more superior politics as deaf people dont know what they want and this gives people in real power an excuse not to do anything. Subtitles are the only suitable medium and its ridiculous that in 2010 there is a lack of subtitles on you tube and news media websites. Its a very dangerous position we are in and I wish deaf people would wake up! and invest in more voice recognition technology that can be carried on hand on iphones, gizmos rather than relying on an interpreter that is most likely hearing and making money out of this Deaf Culture industry. I am deaf and I know we demand signers etc

We have put ourselves into a Schizophrenic position by appearing to demand for signers. In reality it is just a political tool used for positioning get ourselves jobs and create more for the sign language industy by a minority of activists.

As a native signer its a medium that doesnt lend itself to the web

We are now increasingly digitally disenfranchised and lagging behind the mainstream as people in in the web & media industries have played far more superior politics as deaf people dont know what they want and this gives people in real power an excuse not to do anything.

Subtitles are the only suitable medium and its ridiculous that in 2010 there is a lack of subtitles on you tube and news media websites.

Its a very dangerous position we are in and I wish deaf people would wake up! and invest in more voice recognition technology that can be carried on hand on iphones, gizmos rather than relying on an interpreter that is most likely hearing and making money out of this Deaf Culture industry.

]]> By: Jojo Esposa Jr. http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/03/accessible-design-for-the-deaf/comment-page-1/#comment-32738 Jojo Esposa Jr. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:04:09 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=19#comment-32738 Great article! The most pressing problem a deaf might encounter as a barrier in accessing sites are those with videos. Without incorporating closed captions in those uploaded videos, these would always pose as an accessibility problem for the deaf. :-) Great article! The most pressing problem a deaf might encounter as a barrier in accessing sites are those with videos. Without incorporating closed captions in those uploaded videos, these would always pose as an accessibility problem for the deaf. :-)

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