Tag: accessibility

A flash of ASL but no captioning? Oh, the irony.

New iPad video has ASL from 0:35–0:37, but none of the 5:37 video is captioned. ASL sells but captioning costs, #Apple? http://t.co/ZMuVA1j5 — Daniel Greene (@danielgreene) March 7, 2012

March 13, 2012
You can now adjust the closed-captions on my YouTube vlogs

Announced today: YouTube’s enhancements to closed-captioning. I’m glad to hear this! I am a longtime supporter of closed-captioning. I posted my first closed-captioned video on Google Video just after they implemented closed-captioning in 2006. Now YouTube has implemented CC settings that allow viewers to adjust the font, size, color, and background of captions. Even better, […]

February 28, 2012
Participated in an ASL Hangout on Air on Google+

I just realized I never blogged this! Did this last month on Google+ to help them test their Hangout On Air technology with other people using sign language.

February 28, 2012
I want a Chromebook; in fact, I want a Chromephone. Easy on the OS, and hold the apps.

The coming of the Chromebook–the web-only netbook that boots in less than ten seconds–has me thinking how nice it would be if my Android phone booted up in 10 seconds instead of 60. But if it did, it wouldn’t be an Android phone, would it? It would be a Chromephone, and that’s all right with […]

June 5, 2011
Google Video Shutting Down*

*Google Video is shutting down as a content host but will continue as a video search. In case you ever uploaded a video to Google Video and didn’t get the memo that they’re shutting down, here’s a copy of the email from Google yesterday:

April 16, 2011