September 4, 2010: RVCD’s Picnic (Rocky Mount)

September 2, 2010 by DHHSC · Comments Off
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Roanoke Valley Club of the Deaf

15th Annual

Franklin County Recreation Park

2150 Sontag Rd
Rocky Mount, VA 24151

We will have picnic, horseshoes and playground for the kids.

Horseshoes will start at 11am & lunch will start at 1pm

Will have fishing pond- REQUIRED FISHING LICENSE

Roanoke Valley Club of the Deaf
On September 4, 2010 at Shelter #2

10am – 3pm

We will provide Kentucky Fried Chicken, rolls, soft drinks with ice. Please bring plenty cover dish or dessert to share.

Admission: $7.00 with covered dish

$10.00 without covered dish

Visitor not eating $5.00

Children under five years old- free

Over six years old $3.00

There will be a door prize – $2.00 per ticket

**Turn over to get location address/direction**

Hope to see y’all there!

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Speech to text glasses let the deaf read what you’re saying

September 2, 2010 by DHHSC · Comments Off
Filed under: Lip-Reading, Technology 

A lot of deaf people learn to read lips, but that’s got to be a tough learning curve, with inexact results at best. Wouldn’t if be great if you could simply give the hearing impaired a written transcript of what you’re saying in real time?

That’s the idea behind the Babel Fisk (fisk is Danish for fish) glasses concept from Danish designer Mads Hindhede. Microphones built into the frame pick up the voice of a person in your line of sight, then an embedded speech to text program creates text that is projected onto the inside of the lenses.

Another feature lets you record the text to a flash memory card for later use, which would be great if you’re the type of person who tends to sleep through meetings or boring lectures.

Let’s just hope the production version doesn’t turn everything into Danish like in the picture.

MSH Design, via Yanko Design

- Thanks to Divce, 8/31/10, http://dvice.com/archives/2010/08/speech-to-text.php.

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October 16-19, 2010: 40th Annual Southeast Regional Institute on Deafness (Louisville, KY)

September 2, 2010 by DHHSC · Comments Off
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More info:
http://www.serid.org/serid2/SERID_2010_-_Louisville,_KY/SERID_2010.html

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Shenandoah Valley Disability Employment Awareness Committee (SVDEAC) seeks nominations

September 2, 2010 by DHHSC · Comments Off
Filed under: Fundraising, Special Announcements 

The Shenandoah Valley Disability Employment Awareness Committee (SVDEAC) is soliciting Nominations to recognize National Disability Awareness month for:

  • Employer
  • Employee
  • Mentor
  • Training Site
  • Assistive Technology
  • Pete Giesen Humanitarian


THE DUE DATE FOR NOMINATIONS IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Nomination forms can be printed from our website  www.svdeac.net.  To request hardcopies please call Debby Austin at 540-332-7715 or Michelle Swecker at 540-332-7750.

Submit Nominations to Debby.Austin@dbvi.virginia.gov OR mail to Michelle Swecker – VA Workforce Center, 1076 Jefferson Hwy, Staunton, VA 24401 OR fax to Michelle at # 540-332-7764.

The Kick-Off event  is Friday, October 1st at the Home Depot in Waynesboro.

The Silent Auction will be held in the WWRC lobby in Fishersville 9 am Sept. 22 til noon Sept. 24.

For further information contact Patty Roberts at 540-332-7945 or patty.roberts@wwrc.virginia.gov.

If not present you will be contacted if you win.  Cash or checks payable to: Council of Organizations.   Items need to be picked up by Sept. 28th from Patty Roberts.   All proceeds benefit SVDEAC’s goal to promote employers and individuals who are making a difference for individuals with disabilities in our local community.  Thanks for your continued support in employing, training, mentoring, supporting employees with disabilities.

- Thanks to Debby Austin, SVDEAC chair.

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Captel application available for Blackberries

September 2, 2010 by DHHSC · Comments Off
Filed under: CapTel, Cell Phones 
Introducing Hamilton Mobile CapTel for the BlackBerryŽ Smartphone

Photo of BlackBerry

    CapTel is a registered trademark of Ultratec, Inc. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. RIM assumes no obligations or liability and makes no representation, warranty, endorsement or guarantee in relation to any aspect of any third party products or services.

 Spacer Spacer Introducing the Hamilton Mobile CapTel® Application for BlackBerry® Smartphones

Captions of Phone Conversations Viewed on Select BlackBerry Smartphones – Benefits Individuals with Hearing Loss

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Today at the ALDAcon 2010 Conference, Hamilton CapTel announced the availability of a new application for BlackBerry smartphones designed to benefit individuals with hearing loss. Launching the Hamilton Mobile CapTel application for BlackBerry smartphones represents an important milestone for Hamilton CapTel – now enabling individuals with hearing loss to communicate effectively with captioned telephone services on industry-leading BlackBerry smartphones.

With the Hamilton Mobile CapTel App for BlackBerry smartphones, customers can “see what they say” directly on their BlackBerry smartphone. Similar to closed captioning on TV, captioned telephone service allows users to talk on their phone, listen and read captions of their conversation on the screen on their BlackBerry smartphone. This expansion of Hamilton CapTel technology ensures that more people are able to make and receive calls with the support of captions for a clear understanding of what is being said.

The Hamilton Mobile CapTel App for BlackBerry smartphones supports use on the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700, BlackBerry® Storm2™ 9550 and BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800 models.

“The ALDAcon Conference, hosted by the Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA), is the perfect venue to announce this new technology offering,” said Dixie Ziegler, vice president of Hamilton Relay, provider of the Hamilton Mobile CapTel service. “Whether on the go or at home, it is frustrating not being able to understand what is being said on the phone. Now individuals with hearing loss can read what is said on their BlackBerry smartphone while listening at the same time. With the increasing use of smartphones, we knew that it made sense to roll out an application for BlackBerry users as part of our commitment to increasing accessibility to consumers nation-wide.”

BlackBerry smartphone users can get started with the Hamilton Mobile CapTel App quickly and easily in just a few steps:

    1. Register a username and password at HamiltonWebCapTel.com.

    2. Download the application at bb.HamiltonCapTel.com.

    3. Once installed, open the application and log into captioned services. For users who have registered and downloaded the application, captioned services are accessible immediately.

    4. Place and receive calls with captions using the Hamilton Mobile CapTel App.

For more information about the Hamilton Mobile CapTel App for BlackBerry smartphones, visit HamiltonCapTel.com.

- DHHSC Note: Hamilton also released a similar App for the iPhone, see http://www.deafhh.net/wp/2010/06/16/hamilton-captel%C2%AE-introduces-iphone%C2%AE-app-for-mobile-captioned-telephone-allowing-greater-freedom-for-individuals-with-hearing-loss/.

- Thanks to Hamilton Captel News, 9/2/10.

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