I was just thinking about all that has happened in May.
May was the anniversary of the start of my deaf awareness. – http://deafpundit.wordpress.com/2007/05/05/subtitling-moviesvlogs/
May also marked 2 years (over 300 videos) captioning. http://www.overstream.net/profile.php?username=grwebguy
May or June marked one year on DHHS Board – http://deafhhs.org/who.php
It’s been an interesting couple of years.
Currently:
This May also marked the start of http://captionfish.com by some deaf guys, that finds captioned movie showtimes (and uses my trailers)
The collection of videos from many sources that I collect, I call it “The Captioned Internet” jumped to 12000 visits this month when Thnderslilangl started adding Captioned Music Videos – 78 so far!.
(The most popular videos on the site).
Thanks to all of you for watching, reading, encouraging, and being patient as I learn about captioning, culture, and deafness!
CaptionsOn
Thanks so much for volunteering your time – I love being able to see captions/subtitles on these trailers!
*smiles* Can’t believe it’s been 2 years already, since I sent you that first email that helped start all of this.
Thank you for listening, and being so open minded about the Deaf Community. It’s a rare thing. And of course, thank you for donating so much time to caption these trailers and clips.
See ya around.
Yup, you, Marty, Diane, Jared and Tayler are to blame for this ! )
So far, with my sphere of influence, it’s not so much the mind that’s the problem, but the body. People are willing to give verbal assent to a good thing, be it captioning, interpreters, accessibility….but it mostly stops there.
Don’t underestimate what you’ve done for the Deaf Community, Bill.
You might not be able to convince others to follow through, but you are setting an example. A very good example, and it will eventually attract great notice, and changes will result from it.