“If Netflix captioned all of its movie offerings, would you renew our subscription?” This was the question I posed to my Hubby several months after we cancelled the on-demand video service. “Uh, sure honey.” He knows better than to argue with Lipreading Mom when she’s trying to make a point. After discovering through Philixie.com that … Continue reading
Lessons in Courage from ‘The Help’
“You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” -‘The Help,’ Kathryn Stockett I am proud to call Minda and Stephanie my friends. Both are highly educated, caring women who love their families. Like me, my friends are also lipreading moms. When we gathered last week for a captioned showing of the movie The Help, … Continue reading
Would You Join Me in Thanking These Two Legislators?
For those of you as passionate about Internet captions as Lipreading Mom is, we have some powerful fans on our side. Memorize these names: U.S. Representative Edward Markey (Massachusetts) and U.S. Congressman Mark Pryor (Arkansas). Rep. Markey and Congressman Pryor authored the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010. This legislation is the … Continue reading
BBC iPlayer Shows Captioned for UK Viewers Only
If you want to watch captioned BBC videos online, you may be in luck—if you live in England. This week, Lipreading Mom contacted BBCNews.com regarding lack of captions with its Internet videos. Mark Barlex, editor with British Broadcasting Corporation’s OnDemandBBC, shared the reasoning for the delay in subtitling their online media: technology limitations (his response … Continue reading
CNN, FoxNews Fail to Caption U.S. Presidential Primary Web Videos
The U.S. presidential primary vote in New Hampshire is one of this week’s (if not this year’s) major news stories. However, for the millions of people with hearing loss who rely on captioned content of the important event, network Web sites consistently don’t deliver. When Lipreading Mom attempted to watch the following network primary videos … Continue reading
Joining the Lipreading Mom Captions Campaign Is So Easy
Join me in advocating for the 34 million Americans, and millions more worldwide, with hearing loss who need captioning to understand Internet videos. Volunteers are needed to contact ABC, MSNBC, BBC, ESPN, and more. Have I mentioned how easy it is to participate? Join the Campaign here: Lipreading Mom Captions Campaign. You CAN make a … Continue reading
Can You Help Me Count My Lost Decibels?
Are you like me: not deaf, but close to it? Every year, I head to the audiologist for a hearing test. Ninety-five percent of the time, the result is the same: more hearing decibels lost. Eleven years ago when I was diagnosed with progressive hearing loss, each ear tested at 20 percent hearing loss. The … Continue reading
MSNBC.com Contacted About Lack of Captions
Lipreading Mom’s Note: The MSNBC Network’s Website, MSNBC.com, received the following email today by the Lipreading Mom/CCAC Internet Captions Campaign regarding captioned video needs on its site. Dear MSNBC.com Management, As followers with hearing loss, we are writing to express our concern about the lack of captions with your online videos. For instance, the video … Continue reading
The Reason Why Lipreading Mom Is So Passionate About Captions
My 7-year-old daughter wanted to watch a video at Disney.com. It featured one of her favorite singers. I wanted to sing along with my girl, but I couldn’t. The video wasn’t captioned. My toddler-age son was playing a game at PBSKids.org involving a popular cartoon character. Short video clips from the cartoon were included with … Continue reading
ABC Responds to the Lipreading Mom Internet Captions Campaign
Lipreading Mom’s Note: ABC was recently contacted by Lipreading Mom and the Collaboration for Communication Access via Captioning (CCAC) regarding lack of captions with its news and TV Website videos. Here is today’s response from the ABC Audience Information Department, followed by the original letter from Lipreading Mom and CCAC. Response from ABC Thank you … Continue reading
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