25th September 2006

Irony alert - deaf podcast

posted in Captioning, Current Affairs, Deaf, General, Hearing Loss, Technology, deaf culture |

Did a Google search on “deaf podcast” and this is what I found:

DeafSpot’s Podcast - nothing there
Deafstation podcast- nothing there
 
Podcast tagged with deaf -There’s two listings, neither which has to do with deafness.

On the other hand, here’s what was offered:

The DisabilityNation Podcast: Podcast Transcripts fo Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Just have to ask for a transcript ahead of time. And of course there’s the cost factor.

Being Deaf Part 1 : Time Lost (transcript available) - very recent and does the job right!
Being Deaf part 2:  Deaf and Proud (transcript available) - I was listening and reading the transcript and it was very clear and easy to follow because they spoke neither too fast nor slow.

Kudos to Tecnhocato.com  which offers closed caption podcasts. The latest podcast has a transcript available. Now that’s how to do podcasting the right way!

Of course, if you have a podcast and want to reach (marketing) to the deaf community, here’s one service: CastingWords

I’m curious to know if deaf customers are more likely to buy from one company that offers transcripts of their podcasts vs. the competitiors.

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  1. 1 On September 25th, 2006, Rene Visco said:

    I would like you to check out the amazing WGBH Boston PBS’s website. They have been including CC on their web videos for a long time. One of the pioneers in implementing CC on their web videos.

    I have a lot of respect for WGBH’s efforts to make its website accessible.

    http://broadband.wgbh.org/

  2. 2 On September 25th, 2006, jsg said:

    Hello Rene, thanks for bringing up WGBH. Unfortunately, I was not able to get QuickTime to work. I didn’t see anything nor captions. And my posting was about podcasting, not videos.

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