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		<title>Deaf Entertainers Documentary Hits All the Right Notes</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/04/14/deaf-entertainers-documentary-hits-all-the-right-notes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Janger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hilari Scarl’s See What I’m Saying is an exciting, funny, emotional and ultimately worthy addition to the rich compendium of films chronicling the deaf experience. Providing its own unique spin on the deaf film genre, the documentary explores the desire to strike it big on the stage from the perspective of a drummer, actor, comic and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Smart Captioning Move</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/03/07/googles-smart-captioning-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, video and search. Frank Sinatra said it best: Try, try, try to separate them – it’s an illusion. Here’s proof of that: Speech Technology. This week, Google sealed the deal on video search capabilities for its YouTube portal, saying it would provide auto-captions for all of its uploaded videos using proprietary Google’s Speech Technology. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Accessible Museum Tour in Your Hand</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/02/04/an-accessible-museum-tour-in-your-hand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Janger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keen Guides founder Catharine McNally says mobile video is the future of guided excursions, and will benefit the deaf and hard of hearing, too.]]></description>
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		<title>Speech Recognition for the Deaf in the Workplace</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/01/30/speech-recognition-for-the-deaf-in-the-workplace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn’t get to too many workshops at the Assistive Technology Industry Association conference this year, because I only attended for one full day. I did stop into a presentation on speech-recognition for the deaf, led by Ed Rosenthal, CEO of Next Generation Technologies, a consulting firm. Rosenthal is a certified partner, and been working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Captioners for the Deaf Are &#8220;Unsung Heros&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/06/21/captioners-for-the-deaf-are-unsung-heros/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2009/06/21/captioners-for-the-deaf-are-unsung-heros/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It didn&#8217;t mention Abledbody and I&#8217;m not really a Yankees fan, but I got a mention in today&#8217;s insightful New York Times article about Cory Macchiarola, the man who is behind the scenes captioning Yankees and Mets&#8217; games for the deaf and hard of hearing. It&#8217;s a really tough job, I can imagine. Macchiarola began [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deaf Artists Featured in New York Gallery</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/06/19/deaf-artists-featured-in-new-york-gallery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tamarind Art Gallery in New York City is exhibiting the works of deaf and hard-of-hearing artists, opening a window into their distinct culture and community.]]></description>
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		<title>Do Movies Deserve Captions?</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/03/03/471/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2009/03/03/471/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of Washington state residents have filed a lawsuit to force movie theaters to make closed-captioned movies available more frequently to the deaf and hard-of-hearing, saying  more accessible entertainment should be available under the Americans with Disabilities Act.]]></description>
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		<title>Toronto Hosts First Rock Concert for the Deaf</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/03/01/toronto-hosts-first-rock-concert-for-the-deaf/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2009/03/01/toronto-hosts-first-rock-concert-for-the-deaf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first rock concert for the deaf was held in Toronto on March 5 and featured a series of "emoti-chairs" designed to analyze sound frequencies and translate them into vibrations, motions and blasts of air.]]></description>
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		<title>Captions for YouTube &#8211; A great benefit for the deaf</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2008/08/28/captions-for-youtube-a-great-benefit-for-the-deaf/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2008/08/28/captions-for-youtube-a-great-benefit-for-the-deaf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in from Webware: &#8220;In a move to make videos easier to understand without volume or for the hard of hearing, YouTube has given users the option of embedding closed captions.&#8221; This is great news for the deaf and hard of hearing; YouTube has 34% market share according to ComScore, and I&#8217;m betting this [...]]]></description>
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