Tag: Amazon

Christmas Special: Free Ebooks by Deaf Author (Pleistocene Tsunami, etc.)

Holiday Special: Free Ebooks by Deaf Author (Pleistocene Tsunami, etc.)  I am a self published Deaf author of several short stories ebooks. My characters aren’t Deaf, though I am working on a novel that has Deaf characters. However, I am…

Ebook: Backspace by Deaf Author Steve Baldwin

Backspace by Steve Baldwin The wanton murder of a deaf pregnant farm girl is all but forgotten for 60 years until doctoral student Keith Flynn, also deaf, discovers the story and decides to look into it. Being mindful of his…

The NAD and Amazon.com, Inc. Agree to Expand CC on Amazon Video

The NAD and Amazon.com, Inc. Agree to Expand Closed Captions on Amazon Video October 14, 2015 The National Association of the Deaf and Amazon, Inc.Agree to Expand Closed Captions on Amazon Video The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), a…

Book Release for FLYING TO THE FIRE, Book #2 in Elyse Salpeter’s Deaf Thriller Series

Book Release for FLYING TO THE FIRE, Book #2 in Elyse Salpeter’s Deaf Thriller Series Hi there, We seldom see Deaf Characters in mainstream literature and I’m aiming to change that. I have written a YA Deaf thriller series, called…

The Sorry State of Closed Captioning

The Sorry State of Closed Captioning Streaming video now must provide subtitles for the hearing impaired. There’s no guarantee of accuracy, though. One solution: crowdsourcing. TAMMY H. NAM JUNE 24 2014 Imagine sitting down to watch an episode of Game…

RERC Survey on Emergency Communications & People with Disabilities

The Wireless Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) Survey on Emergency Communications & People with Disabilities While data collection is underway for the Survey of User Needs, the Wireless RERC’s Consumer Research Team has also just launched a new survey on…