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Swansea audiologists back world champion Wales Deaf Rugby teams as they prepare to defend titles in Tokyo

The backing from Specsavers Swansea, alongside 10 other locally owned Specsavers audiology businesses across Wales, will fund new kits, training facilities and travel to upcoming fixtures as the teams gear up for international competition.

The sponsorship comes as Wales Deaf Rugby works towards a £150,000 fundraising target to enable its men’s and women’s squads to travel to Japan and compete at the World Championship in October. The teams were last crowned world champions in Córdoba, Argentina, in 2023.

Ahead of a recent winning match against Jamaica, several players visited Specsavers’ Port Talbot store, where they met Kyle James, Specsavers audiologist, to discuss how hearing plays a key role in both sport and everyday life.

Kyle James said:

“Wales Deaf Rugby shows what’s possible when talent is matched with the right support. We’re proud to be backing both the men’s and women’s teams as they prepare to defend their world titles.

“As audiologists rooted in the local community, we see first-hand the difference good hearing health can make – not just in sport, but in confidence, communication and everyday life. Supporting these athletes is about inclusion, opportunity and helping them compete on the world stage.”

Siân-Elin Melbourne, chairman for Wales Deaf Rugby, added:

“This partnership means a huge amount to us, especially in such a pivotal year for the club. I was proud to be part of the very first Wales Deaf women’s team back in 2019, and to now see both squads preparing to defend world titles on the global stage is incredibly powerful.

“Support from Specsavers doesn’t just help with travel and kits – it sends a message to our players that they are valued, believed in and backed by their communities. As we build towards Tokyo, that belief makes all the difference.”

Wales Deaf Rugby is a Welsh sports charity dedicated to creating inclusive opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing athletes, promoting access, equality and excellence in sport. It is volunteer-run and receives no funding from the Welsh Rugby Union.

The club is currently fundraising to reach its £150,000 target to send both squads to Tokyo for the World Championship in October, where they will face international competition as defending champions.

People wishing to donate to the club’s World Deaf Rugby 7s World Championship fundraiser can do so at donate.giveasyoulive.com/campaign/help-send-wdru-to-the-world-cup-2026.

SBS On Demand has streaming content in Auslan (I haven't watched any of it yet)
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/auslan

#Auslan #Deaf #HardOfHearing #a11y #accessibility #SignLanguage #streaming

Hey everyone! I want to let you know that the #LondonDrugs store in Rutherford Mall in #Nanaimo has an amazing #AntiAbleist #inclusive manager. My friend, Tessie, is a #DisabledEmployee there. The manager, Warren, went out of his way to help her feel supported at work. He made her a shirt & a sign for her workstation 👏

If you're on #VancouverIsland in the Nanaimo area, please support this specific store. Please let them know that the public appreciates how they treat their disabled employees & thank Warren for being a stellar, inclusive & thoughtful store #manager 👍

https://www.londondrugs.com/stores/nanaimo-north-town-centre/s/072

#PeopleWithDisabilities #Inclusion #Deaf #HardOfHearing #VisuallyImpaired #WorkplaceAccomodations #DisabledWorkers #Ethics #Bravo

Hey everyone! I want to let you know that the #LondonDrugs store in Rutherford Mall in #Nanaimo has an amazing #AntiAbleist #inclusive manager. My friend, Tessie, is a #DisabledEmployee there. The manager, Warren, went out of his way to help her feel supported at work. He made her a shirt & a sign for her workstation 👏

If you're on #VancouverIsland in the Nanaimo area, please support this specific store. Please let them know that the public appreciates how they treat their disabled employees & thank Warren for being a stellar, inclusive & thoughtful store #manager 👍

https://www.londondrugs.com/stores/nanaimo-north-town-centre/s/072

#PeopleWithDisabilities #Inclusion #Deaf #HardOfHearing #VisuallyImpaired #WorkplaceAccomodations #DisabledWorkers #Ethics #Bravo

Hey everyone! I want to let you know that the #LondonDrugs store in Rutherford Mall in #Nanaimo has an amazing #AntiAbleist #inclusive manager. My friend, Tessie, is a #DisabledEmployee there. The manager, Warren, went out of his way to help her feel supported at work. He made her a shirt & a sign for her workstation 👏

If you're on #VancouverIsland in the Nanaimo area, please support this specific store. Please let them know that the public appreciates how they treat their disabled employees & thank Warren for being a stellar, inclusive & thoughtful store #manager 👍

https://www.londondrugs.com/stores/nanaimo-north-town-centre/s/072

#PeopleWithDisabilities #Inclusion #Deaf #HardOfHearing #VisuallyImpaired #WorkplaceAccomodations #DisabledWorkers #Ethics #Bravo

Hey everyone! I want to let you know that the #LondonDrugs store in Rutherford Mall in #Nanaimo has an amazing #AntiAbleist #inclusive manager. My friend, Tessie, is a #DisabledEmployee there. The manager, Warren, went out of his way to help her feel supported at work. He made her a shirt & a sign for her workstation 👏

If you're on #VancouverIsland in the Nanaimo area, please support this specific store. Please let them know that the public appreciates how they treat their disabled employees & thank Warren for being a stellar, inclusive & thoughtful store #manager 👍

https://www.londondrugs.com/stores/nanaimo-north-town-centre/s/072

#PeopleWithDisabilities #Inclusion #Deaf #HardOfHearing #VisuallyImpaired #WorkplaceAccomodations #DisabledWorkers #Ethics #Bravo

Hey everyone! I want to let you know that the #LondonDrugs store in Rutherford Mall in #Nanaimo has an amazing #AntiAbleist #inclusive manager. My friend, Tessie, is a #DisabledEmployee there. The manager, Warren, went out of his way to help her feel supported at work. He made her a shirt & a sign for her workstation 👏

If you're on #VancouverIsland in the Nanaimo area, please support this specific store. Please let them know that the public appreciates how they treat their disabled employees & thank Warren for being a stellar, inclusive & thoughtful store #manager 👍

https://www.londondrugs.com/stores/nanaimo-north-town-centre/s/072

#PeopleWithDisabilities #Inclusion #Deaf #HardOfHearing #VisuallyImpaired #WorkplaceAccomodations #DisabledWorkers #Ethics #Bravo

I've been evaluating Jellyfin as my #Kodi replacement - mainly b/c I don't like #Plex and wanted a server-centric model - but Jellyfin fails when it comes to the downloading and general-handling of closed-captions, so it's a hard pass 👎 for now

#selfhosting #Jellyfin
#deaf #HardOfHearing #hoh

Terveydenhuollon ammattilaiset katse tänne!

Sellainen pikkuinen pyyntö, et jos kohtaat vaikkapa polilla tai jossain missä oot hoitamassa kuulovammaista asiakasta niin otahan se suun edessä oleva maski pois kun puhut. 😷 👄

#kuulovamma #sairaala #hoitajat #kasvomaski #kommunikaatio #viittomakieli #kuuro #huonokuuloinen #disability #deaf #HardOfHearing

sometimes I wish it was possible to be like Hoshi Sato, just picking up entire languages in a couple days

I always watch stuff with subtitles bc I have some minor auditory processing issues¹

lately I've been watching a lot of dubbed² stuff³ and it's been really fascinating seeing the differences between the dubs and the subtitles meant as a translation for the original language

I mean, it's similar to the way subtitles meant for #Deaf and #HardOfHearing viewers are sometimes slightly off from what was said (which is an #accessibility issue)

#disability #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #linguistics

¹ it's worst over the phone, which is fun since that's my whole job, or if I otherwise can't see the person who's speaking, which sometimes happens in TV/movies
² I finished #Ranma12 and started #ExtraordinaryAttorneyWoo
³ or, in the case of #StopHibariKun, both an anime and a manga with fan translations by different people

Improving Earthquake Early Warning Access For The Deaf Community
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https://eos.org/articles/improving-earthquake-early-warning-access-for-the-deaf-community <-- shared technical article
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https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1577653 <-- shared AGU poster details
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06719-6 <-- shared paper
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#earthquake #risk #alert #deaf #hardofhearing #community #publichealth #risk #hazard #ShakeAlert #warning #warningsystems #DHH+ #fatality #death #earlywarning #publicsafety #naturalhazard #socialvulnerability #EEW #alert #emergency #language #sociolinguistic

Agile’s insistence on co-location is disabling | Thudfactor
https://www.thudfactor.com/posts/2024/10/colocation/

#deaf
#HOH
#HardOfHearing
#HearingImpaired
#HybridWorking
#CoLocation
#HearingAids
#Offices
#ConferenceRooms
#OpenPlan

https://www.flomaskeu.com/collections/flo-mask-pro-ffp2

This is ALMOST perfect, if there was even a 6 cm by 2 cm clear area in the middle to allow any lip reading!

More info on my pillowfort post: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/5136921

#access #accessibility #EaseOfAccess #accessible #disability #DisabilityPrideMonth #hearing #deaf #hardOfHearing #sensory #sensoryImpairment #sound #listen #audio #mask #respirators #respirator #MaskMeansRespirator #MaskOn #MaskMandate

It's #DisabilityPrideMonth :disability_pride:
Time for my annual PSA for #Video Creators:
*Subtitles Are Vital*
Also, plan on them going Over your video
When you put important info at the bottom of the screen I have to pause, turn off subtitles, rewind, play it to see the info, pause, & turn subtitles back on- unless I miss it entirely because the subtitles hide it!

#Inclusion #Disability #Subtitles #Deaf #HoH #HardOfHearing #Processing #Accessibility

Unohdan nopeasti kuinka äänekäs maailma onkaan, kun otan implat pois päästäni.

Ilman laitteita huutelen aina muille et ois asiaa, mutta kukaan ei kuule, kun on musiikki ja kaikki muu melusaaste ympärillä häiritsemässä. Ei ne kuulevatkaan kaikkea kuule. En myöskään minä, kun käytän imploja. Sitä aina ironisesti elää omassa kuplassa ajatellen, et kyl ne varmana kuuli mun huudon ja eihän täällä muita ääniä ole kuin minusta tuleva mökä.

#CochlearImplant #HardOfHearing #deaf

remaking my #introduction

i'm eppa alex. i'm the most autistic individual.

i am very open about my gayness online but keep in mind i'm also a t-guy. you cannot separate the two.

my body is my temple and my fedi profile is a willem-alexander fanpage. (but srsly, just having a hyperfixation on the modern dutch monarchy rn. and i am not interested in your actual opinion on it, even if we are most likely on the same page.)

i make drawings but i currently post them on @xenuline ! i have commissions open so consider hitting me up for that. i also like making static sites sometimes.

i'm also mentally ill and hard of hearing.

my only boundary is "no unsolicited advice/criticism". me telling you that is not a fucking invitation to do it. i will bully the shit out of you for it.

tag spam for reach: #gaming #videoGames #nintendo #art #digitalArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #ArtistsOnFedi #otherkin #alterhuman #ActuallyAutistic #disabled #HardOfHearing #webmaster #indieWeb #queer #transmasc #gay

Ryhmästä erottaminen

Tapaamisissa ja tapahtumissa jään aina yksin ryhmän ulkopuolelle. Yritän ujuttautua porukkaan, mutta minulle ei haluta kauheasti jutella, koska koetaan kommunikointi vaivalloiseksi kuulovammani vuoksi. Tästä syntyy mielikuva, että olisin jotenkin vääränlainen porukkaan.

#audism #deaf #HardOfHearing

Avasin edellisessä postauksesta audismi termiä ja nyt laitan tänne sarjapostauksena omasta kokemuksestani audismista. Tarkoituksena on herättää ihmisiä ajattelemaan ja toimimaan tästä eteenpäin toisin ja inhimillisemmin kuuroja ja huonokuuloisia kohtaan. ❤️ 🥺 🙏

#audism #deaf #HardOfHearing #disability

Challenges for the hard of hearing at SXSW start in the waiting lines. Even when the lines are only 100 feet, volunteers often don’t seem to realize that people in the back of the line can’t hear their announcements, and missing an announcement could mean missing a screening.

At best, they’ll walk up and down or other volunteers will relay the announcements, but they often don’t. It’s a problem with lines of 100 feet, for example, at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, and with lines of several blocks, such as at the Paramount and State theaters.

Traffic noise and loudspeakers with music blaring make it even more difficult to understand the announcements.

#SXSW2024 #HoH #SXSW2024HoH #ActorsLife #HardOfHearing #accessibiity

Magpie at Stateside at SXSW 2024
Dialogue assist rating: 3/5

Stateside at the Paramount had the same closed caption devices that the Rollins Theater had and, so, were a literal pain in the neck to use, requiring me to hold them up just below my view of the screen. They also required shifting occular focus back and forth to see the movie screen and the CC device screen. Unlike the Rollins, the staff was dreadfully slow and required me to wait 5–10 minutes, preventing me from being able to choose my seat with others that I had waited with in line for the hour prior.

I liked Magpie a lot, but the ending was disappointing.

https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/FS16716

#SXSW2024 #HoH #SXSW2024HoH #HardOfHearing #ActorsLife #ActorsOfMastodon #ArtsInCorrections #accessibility

Narrative Shorts Program 2 at Rollins Theatre at SXSW 2024
Dialogue assist rating: 3/5

Thankfully, the Rollins Studio Theatre is equipped with closed caption devices for SXSW 2024. The staff was very helpful as soon as I asked when I entered and they followed me as I found my seat, then returned two minutes later with a device. It didn’t work, so they went back to find a techie to help and it didn’t work for the techie, either, but they had brought along a spare that worked fine. Unfortunately, there is no stand to hold up the CC device and you have to hold it up, with your arms, ideally just below your view of the screen. My arms got tired and my neck got sore but I got breaks for the few shorts in other languages that had open captions/subtitles. Unlike the CC devices at most movie theaters, this device didn’t have a hood, and I feared that it was distracting to my neighbors.

The collection of shorts was well curated. I particularly enjoyed Caller Number Nine! and Sound and Colour.

https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/FS16702

#SXSW2024 #HoH #SXSW2024HoH #HardOfHearing #ActorsLife #ActorsOfMastodon #ArtsInCorrections #accessibility

Sing Sing at ZACH Theatre at SXSW 2024
DIalogue clarity rating: 2/5

ZACH Theatre does not have closed-caption devices. They do have hearing-assist headsets which are *worse* than nothing, The theater is a box with horrid sound quality and lots of echo. The hearing-assist headsets are simply connected to a microphone in the horrid house. I was not able to hear many key words or entire sentences of this film.

A beautiful film, though. Colman Domingo is a master performer and the entire cast was *so* good! Most of them played themselves. Only one other screening, Saturday at 5:45 PM at AFS Cinema.

I highly recommend it for those who are not hearing impaired. (AFS Cinema does have closed captioning devices, but I can’t attest that they will be working for this film or even that they work well at all.)

https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/films/2196982

#SXSW2024 #HoH #SXSW2024HoH #HardOfHearing #ActorsLife #ActorsOfMastodon #ArtsInCorrections #accessibility

Dialog Clarity Rating: 3/5
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Closed Caption device was rickety and garbled the dialogue every minute or two. Rating 3/5

What a wonderful work, though! Well written and well executed. Three more screenings. I highly recommend it for those who are not hearing impaired.

https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/FS16872

#SXSW2024 #HoH #HardOfHearing #ActorsLife #ActorsOfMastodon #accessibility

Speech-to-text smartphone apps for deaf people and those with hearing loss and tinnitus - RNID
https://rnid.org.uk/information-and-support/technology-and-products/speech-to-text-smartphone-apps/

#RNID
#SpeechToTextSmartphoneApps
#SpeechToText
#Deaf
#HardOfHearing
#HearingImpaired

My SXSW Film & TV viewing plan. As I only have a wristband and am likely to be left out of screenings behind badge-holders, there is a lot of overlap and duplication. Hopefully they’ll have enough closed-caption devices when I am lucky enough to get in…

https://schedule.sxsw.com/favorite/user/cfc09d526d25b4ccff05e54f2bf62460a16b726b

#ActorsLife #SXSW2024 #FilmActor #TVactor #ScreenActor #SXSW #ActorsOfMastodon #HoH #HardOfHearing

SAVE THE DATE 📌

On February 25, Deaf Austin Theatre will be hosting a special show at Captain Quackenbush’s Coffeehouse in South Austin, TX, from 2-4 PM to *SHAKE IT UP* and raise awareness about a global disaster-response organization, Off-The-Grid Missions, and the event will support their cause to bring life-saving humanitarian aid to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing families in disaster-stricken regions around the world.

More details to follow.
https://deafaustintheatre.org/
https://captquacks.com/
https://soundspaceatx.com/

#ShakeItUp2024 #HumanitarianAid #GlobalImpact #Deaf #HoH #HardOfHearing #DeafTheatre #DeafAustinTheatre #CaptQuacks #SoundSpaceATX #OffTheGridMissions #DeafCommunity #theatre #TXtheatre #ATXtheatre #ATX

Ugh! Hearing well should not have to involve sticking nasty bits of plastic in and behind your ear, or having something synched so tightly to your head the bloody thing feels like it’s going to implode. Hearing technology in all its forms is absolutely amazing; but when your sensory issues are as wonky as mine there seems to be no way through but sideways. #HardOfHearing #DeafBlind #BAHA

Suomen Kuurosokeat ry:ssä työskentelevä Jaakko Evonen kertoo omista ajatuksista ja kokemuksista sisäkorvaistutteista

Video on tekstitetty suomeksi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESIdjeL7RAk

#CochlearImplant #sisäkorvaistute #kuulo #HardOfHearing #deafblind #kuurosokea #UsherSyndrome #UsherinSyndrooma

Viittomakielen tulkeista tulikin mieleen eräs äärimmäisen ärsyttävä piirre kuulevista ihmisistä, jota kohtaan harmillisesti silloin tällöin.

Esimerkkitilanne:

Kolme kuulevaa ihmistä juttelevat taukotilassa kahvia ja teetä juoden. Astun sisään taukotilaan ja tulen seuraksi juomaan teetä ja osallistun menneillä olevaan keskusteluun tulkkia käyttäen.

Ryhmä nauraa jollekin oletettavasti hassulle jutulle ja yhtäkkiä yksi kolmesta kuulevista henkilöistä huomauttaa tulkilleni, että älä tulkkaa juuri tätä juttua Veeralle, se on liian härski ja nolo juttu ja muut jatkavat nauramista.

Tulkki huomauttaa kaikille tässä vaiheessa, että tulkin työ on tulkata KAIKKI äänet ja puheet mitä ympärillä kuuluu. Samaan aikaan hämmennyn tästä ja oma fiilis läsähtää heti, kun kuulen tulkilta mitä tapahtui juuri äsken.

Mietin vain, että miksi hitossa minulta halutaan kieltää saman tiedon saaminen. Miten voi olla OK, että tulkki saa kuulla sen jutun, mutta minä en. En tajua pointtia.

Joten ihmiset, varsinkin kuulevat, älkää tehkö missään nimessä näin. Tämä on ableismia.

#ableismi #disability #ableism #interpreter #deaf #kuuro #kuulovamma #HardOfHearing #saavutettavuus #viittomakieli #SignLanguage

Fun fact

Minulle tehtiin uudet takut hiuksiin viisi vuotta sitten ja kerroin takuttajalle toiveen ettei hän tekisi takkuja implanttien kelojen paikalle ja tämä otetttiin hienosti huomioon.

Et varmaan tullut ajatelleeksi, että nämä laitteet pysyvät päässä nimittäin kiinni magneetilla.

Magneetteja on toki viittä (5) eri vahvuutta. Näin ainakin Cochlear Implanteilla. En tiedä miten Medelissä, tai muissa on. Minulla on magneetin vahvuutena 3 (kolmonen).

Vahvin, eli vitosen magneetti ei ole aina paras vaihtoehto elävän ihon päälle, koska siihen ihoon voi tulla vaurioita, painaumaa, ja muuta mukavaa.

#CochlearImplant #sisäkorvaistute #deaf #kuuro #kuulovamma #HardOfHearing #magnet #dreadlocks #dreads #takkutukka #takut

Deaf people like me deserve better than MrBeast’s latest piece of ‘inspiration porn’ | The Independent
#Deaf
#HearingAids
#HardOfHearing
#HearingImpaired
#InspirationPorn
#MrBeast
#SignLanguage
#Ableism
#BenevolentAbleism
#Disabled
#Instagram
#Algorithm
#Saviour
#Donaldson
#Hero
#SelfCentred
#Ally
#SelfCentredAlly
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mrbeast-youtube-deafness-hearing-aid-ableism-b2334385.html

Deaf people like me deserve better than MrBeast’s latest piece of ‘inspiration porn’ | The Independent
#Deaf
#HearingAids
#HardOfHearing
#HearingImpaired
#InspirationPorn
#MrBeast
#SignLanguage
#Ableism
#BenevolentAbleism
#Disabled
#Instagram
#Algorithm
#Saviour
#Donaldson
#Hero
#SelfCentred
#Ally
#SelfCentredAlly
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mrbeast-youtube-deafness-hearing-aid-ableism-b2334385.html

Deaf people like me deserve better than MrBeast’s latest piece of ‘inspiration porn’ | The Independent
#Deaf
#HearingAids
#HardOfHearing
#HearingImpaired
#InspirationPorn
#MrBeast
#SignLanguage
#Ableism
#BenevolentAbleism
#Disabled
#Instagram
#Algorithm
#Saviour
#Donaldson
#Hero
#SelfCentred
#Ally
#SelfCentredAlly
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mrbeast-youtube-deafness-hearing-aid-ableism-b2334385.html

Deaf people like me deserve better than MrBeast’s latest piece of ‘inspiration porn’ | The Independent
#Deaf
#HearingAids
#HardOfHearing
#HearingImpaired
#InspirationPorn
#MrBeast
#SignLanguage
#Ableism
#BenevolentAbleism
#Disabled
#Instagram
#Algorithm
#Saviour
#Donaldson
#Hero
#SelfCentred
#Ally
#SelfCentredAlly
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mrbeast-youtube-deafness-hearing-aid-ableism-b2334385.html

Deaf people like me deserve better than MrBeast’s latest piece of ‘inspiration porn’ | The Independent
#Deaf
#HearingAids
#HardOfHearing
#HearingImpaired
#InspirationPorn
#MrBeast
#SignLanguage
#Ableism
#BenevolentAbleism
#Disabled
#Instagram
#Algorithm
#Saviour
#Donaldson
#Hero
#SelfCentred
#Ally
#SelfCentredAlly
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mrbeast-youtube-deafness-hearing-aid-ableism-b2334385.html

Are you a deaf artist living in DC/MD/VA? If you're interested in participating in a workshop on how to be a Director of Artistic Sign Language (DASL) in a theatre environment, please register below for a workshop at Olney Theatre Center this coming Thursday May 11th from 6 -7:30!

After the workshop, you can stay for the interpreted performance of THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND.

https://tickets.olneytheatre.org/83615/83617

(H/T Joey Caverly)

#ASL #theatre #DASL #deaf #HoH #HardOfHearing #SignLanguage

As someone who is hard of hearing, intelligible speech on TV and film is a pet peeve of mine. And it’s not just on the screen, it’s also a problem on the stage, even on Broadway.

As an actor, it’s something I strive to improve at: “natural” speech that is intelligible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJtb2YXae8

#film #TV #filmmaking #theatre #deafened #deaf #HoH #HardOfHearing #subtitles #SoundEditing #FilmEditing #movies #filmmaker #ActorsLife

Okay so I'm #disabled my self, specifically #blind, but because I really don't want to speak on your guy's behalf before understanding your needs fully, would some of you lovely #HoH / #hardOfHearing, #APD, #Deaf and #Deafblind folks out there let me know if this is actually something you want before I open my mouth and go blabbing about it to everyone? :D
Essentially, I've noticed that on the fediverse and even more so on the internet in general, #AudioTranscripts are not nearly as well known or prioritized as alt text or image descriptions for #accessibility. I think this is pretty F'd up if you ask me. I realize that doing good #Transcriptions is harder in some ways because most people tend to think better visually than aurally, but I also know how useful it can be for some of my HoH friends.
So the question is this. Are audio transcripts important to you? Do you find them useful? And if so, would you like to see more of them around here at least for shorter video and audio clips?
Resources, examples, or tips on how to do audio transcripts properly, especially when it comes to scope of description, or how to handle sounds, complex vocals, and music are also much appreciated. I want to know what I'm talking about a little bit before I start advising others.
Thank you so much for your time. :)
#disability
#A11Y
#HearingAids
#ASL
#BSL
#Transcribing

I challenge anyone who's fedi experience is improved because of image, GIF, video, or audio captions to take the time to personally thank at least 3 different people each week for describing their media!
Should it be expected at this point? Yes in most cases I think so. But reminding people that taking the time to do it is making a tangible positive impact, and causing others to see the social benefits at the same time is a great way to encourage people to do it more.
If you can't find many examples on your personal feed, just use the media only filter on your local and federated timelines; they shouldn't be too hard to find after that!
#blind
#lowvision
#vi
#deaf
#hardofhearing
#hearingimpairment
#deafblind
#neurodiverse
#autism
#disability
#accessibility
#a11y
#accessable