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Real-Time Sign Language Translation More Accessibleby Devin Coldewey - Techcrunch.com - Sign language is used by millions of people, but unlike many languages, there’s no automatic translation available for those…

The Silenced and Isolated: Struggles of Ghana’s Deaf Community – 11/09/20 – Stephanie Russo – BorgenMagazine.com – The highest rates of deafness in the world are in sub-Saharan Africa. Ghana’s…

Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands (cont.) By Amanda Morris - npr.org/2019/01/13/673250200/deaf-and-unemployed-taking-matters-into-their-own-handsRather than creating their own "deaf ecosystems," some deaf employees and organizations are pushing employers and their industries for…

Deaf And Unemployed: Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands (cont.) – By Amanda Morris – npr.org Established companies are increasingly making efforts to accommodate, include, and support deaf employees and…

Deaf And Unemployed: Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands By Amanda Morris – npr.org/2019/01/13/673250200/deaf-and-unemployed-taking-matters-into-their-own-hands Angie Bedoya held up a pair of inside-out jeans to five judges, exposing the different sizes…

By Patrick deHahn at QZ.com – Zoom meetings. FaceTime calls. Parties, chats, and game nights over video. As work and life events go remote, people are increasingly sharing the feeling…

(1) Pandemic Taking Unique Toll on Deaf College Students – A new poll reveals the COVID-19 pandemic is taking a unique toll on deaf students. According to a poll by…

TheHill.com – Austa Somvichian-Clausen – 02/13/20 - “In 2016, I remember watching the election debates and the captioning was so badly delayed that it wasn’t matching the topics shown on-screen,”…

Did you know there is new telephone technology for people who are hard-of-hearing? CapTel, short for “captioned telephone,” provides a phone and an easy-to-read display with captions. When someone who…