Daniel Greene

Tag: accessibility

  • Conference of Interpreter Trainers in San Diego

    I’m here in San Diego for the Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT) conference. We’re all wearing this wristband (pic above) to remind us all to communicate in ASL out of respect for the language at the center of our work and for our deaf colleagues who taught it to us and continue to teach it…

  • Would You Want a Leader Who’s Not One of You?

    As an American Sign Language interpreter, I think I have a perspective of American Deaf culture and the issues at Gallaudet University that few hearing people can grasp — and, unfortunately, the messages the average hearing person gleans from the hearing media don’t seem to be doing much to illuminate the situation. I would like…

  • "Sign-Chi-Do" Butchers ASL, Excludes Deaf People

    A fellow interpreter tipped me off to a bizarre website the other day called signchido.com. The website is a sort of “infomercial” for an inspirational form of “moving prayer” that attempts to incorporate ASL into Tai Kwan Do Tai Chi. The woman who invented it says she is a doctor who designed Sign Chi Do…

  • Now You Can Closed-Caption Your Google Videos!

    [Update: Above is a screenshot I saved before my video went away. As of April 29, 2011, videos uploaded to Google Video will no longer play.] This is my first Google video, and my first video with closed captioning. Click on the little “CC” icon to watch the captions. I must say I’m a bit…

  • Screen Shot of Captioned Google Video

    Screen Shot of Captioned Google Video Originally uploaded by danielgreene. This is what happens when you have the slightest error in your captioning text. The numbers at the bottom are not supposed to show up — they are time codes — but they showed up because I accidentally typed “0:01.28.500” instead of “0:01:28.500.”