You’ve probably heard of stenography, but if you haven’t or the only thing you know about it is it has something to do with the person sitting in a courtroom writing everything down, then this short article is for you! Read more →
With the Covid-19 pandemic showing no signs of going away, our “new normal” will involve social distancing, greater hygienic practices, and a lot more people working from home or online.
Unfortunately, these new norms will create even greater difficulties for deaf and hard of hearing people.
The answer may lie in live captioning. Read more →
We tend to associate subtitles and closed captions with deaf and hard of hearing people, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Read more →
For deaf and hard of hearing students, lectures can be more than a challenge.
It’s difficult enough trying to hear someone in a crowded lecture hall, but add in other factors like background noise, low-quality microphones, or difficult subject matter, and even those without hearing problems struggle.
Luckily, there is a simple solution to the problem – live captioning. Read more →
When you think of a stenographer, you probably picture someone sitting in a courtroom, frantically typing out everything that’s being said, but this is just a simplified version we see on TV.
In reality, it’s more complicated than that, and once people start using words like typist, palantypist, and transcriptionist, then things really start to get confusing. Read more →
