Archive for December, 2010
Conservative Party ignores Deaf complaint
Two months ago I complained to the Conservative Party that they were discriminating against Deaf and Hard of Hearing people by streaming live on the web without any subtitles or BSL interpretation.
I complained via video in BSL, tweeted it to them, emailed them and yet I am yet to have a response from Baroness Warsi.
Their conference was crucial in outlining policies and budget plans that would affect the whole country – and that includes...
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Category Blogs, Digital, Digital Discrimination, Digital Inclusion, Legislation, News Tags: Alison Smith, Baroness Warsi, Conservative Party, Deaf, Equalities Act 2010, Hard of Hearing, Pesky People, Tory Party
Disability Access Survey
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Category Arts and Culture, Arts and Health, Blogs, Combined Arts, Dance, Deaf Arts, Digital, Digital Britain, Digital Inclusion, Disability Arts, Film, GoGenie, International, Music, News, Survivor Arts, Theatre, Visual Arts Tags: ACE, ACE WM, Arts Council England, Audiences Central, disability access, OLILI, Pesky People, wufoo
Vodaphone Spain launches Deaf sign language tarrif
WOW! @cataspanglish on twitter alerted us that there was a new mobile tariff being offered by Vodaphone Spain for Deaf people.
Vodafone launched the sign fee for Deaf people, created in collaboration with the Confederation of the Deaf (CNSE) (CNSE – English info) and is intended to enable Deaf people to communicate in spanish sign language via their mobile phone for only €18.50 Euros (15.66 GBP) a month.
More information on Vodaphone’s...
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Category Digital Discrimination, News, Technology Tags: Cataspanglish, CityCampBCN, CNSE, Confederation of the Deaf, Deaf, Diariosigno, OFCOM, Sign Tarifa, Vodaphone Spain
Ask GoGenie
GoGenie the digital access project that we received £25K from Arts Council England WM earlier this year is finally gearing to be a reality – starting with user experience consultation with Disabled people in January 2011. We are aiming for a prototype to be available by late Spring 2011 in time to secure more funding to build and launch it.
If you’re browsing online wanting to go out to a theatre, the cinema, a shop, the pub, a supermarket,...
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Category Arts and Culture, Digital, News Tags: access, ACE, Deaf, digital access, Disability, GoGenie, OLILI