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Federal legislation considers updates to captioning law
Federal legislation considers updates to captioning law November 28, 2022 In 2010, NCRA was one of many parties involved in the passage of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), which made sure that accessibility laws enacted in the 1980s and 1990s were brought up to d...
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70% of overall toxic waste in America is through e-waste.
Did you know that the City of Portland has been battling e-waste since the 90’s? That’s right. The City has recycled computers and monitors since the service first came online in the early 1990s. The program expanded in 2009 to include “micro electronics” such as cables, mice, keyboards, AV equipment, small scanners, speakers.
Each year the City diverts 35,000 pounds of electronics from landfills by donating used electronics to the non-profit Free Geek. Free Geek's goal is to reroute technology from landfills by refurbishing it and giving it back to the community at no or low costs.
FREE GEEK
Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Just so you know, an LNS captioner made those captions on that screen. Cool!
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The 6,750-square foot scoreboard became operational and powered by Wednesday night, giving the school less than three days to test before Saturday night's season opener
Press release from the Federal Communications Commission about access for TV programming:
This page contains important information and activities pertaining to the Commission’s rules regarding access to emergency information on television, including rules, guides, orders, public notices, notices and press releases.
This is a great story about captioners and court reporters sharing their time to make a difference in our community.
Court reporters preserve Freedmen’s Bureau documents at Transcribe-A-Thon August 2, 2022 Transcribe-A-Thon participants Following a successful Zoom Transcribe-A-Thon in February arranged by Margary Rogers, RPR, CRI, an official court reporter and captioner from Washington, D.C., and Juanita Price,...
Great words of praise for Deanna Baker! The first time I met Deanna was at a regional HLAA meeting here in Portland in 1992. She showed me how to display my captions on an overhead projector. Remember those things? We've come such a long way since then, and we all owe so much gratitude to Deanna for leading the way.
Rocky Stone Humanitarian Award presented to Deanna Baker July 29, 2022 Deanna Baker with Michael Meyer, nephew of Rocky Stone, founder of HLAA and a member of the Board of Directors By Lisa Johnston The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) honored one of its own at its national convention in T...
Please take note! All of our work is now provided over the internet. What a change from when we started captioning 29 years ago!
The countdown to the end of copper POTS lines has begun May 2, 2022 By Carol Studenmund FCC Order 19-72A1 releases telephone carriers from obligations to maintain copper POTS lines as of August 2, 2022. POTS stands for Plain Old Telephone Service. For decades, captioning data has been delivered to c...
We received some very nice client feedback today at the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners meeting.
"Now Jeston Black will provide an overview of the legislative session and how that might impact our local work.
>> JESTON: First, I would like to give a shout-out to the closed captioner spelling my name correctly, which is amazing.
[Laughter]
>> JESTON: Thank you."
Marina Hovious, Board Clerk
Multnomah County Commissioners
Great job, Chad Ludwig.
The DeafBlind Institute at Western Oregon University recently received $2.1 million to help train interpreters in Protactile, a language created by DeafBlind people.
Well, this was a great find this morning in my emails. Tevin H. Green works for our court reporting firm, and we are so blessed to have him with us. And the person who interviewed Tevin is Kendra Steppler, and she worked for us while she was in court reporting school.
New Professional Profile: Tevin Green December 5, 2021 Tevin Green By Kendra Steppler Tevin Green lives in Vancouver, Wash., where he works as a freelance reporter. He graduated from Sumner College in Portland, Ore., and has been an NCRA member since 2015. KS | Why did you choose to become a court ...
LNS Captioning needs to expand our group of captioners. I know, who doesn't? Here's what one of our captioners said about us just this week: "I think you pay very well, your prep is topnotch, and you're all great to work with."
NCRA certifications are desired, but if you don't have them, contact me anyway. I know great captioners who do not have their certifications.
Carol at LNS Captioning dot com.
Thanks.
Court reporting and captioning are great careers!
Steno Talk podcast surpasses 11k plays, continues to grow November 1, 2021 Steno Talk host Anna Mar NCRA member Anna Mar, a freelancer from San Antonio, Texas, first learned about court reporting as a receptionist in an emergency room after starting a conversation with a patient’s daughter who was...
In my spare time, I chair the MHCRC. What a great community group! Please pass this information on to nonprofit groups in Multnomah County who want to create video content.
You may have heard we had a heat wave the last two or three days. It's only going to get up to 97 today. Only.
One of our staff members has no AC at home. She is staying at a hotel near the office, which allows pets. Miss Kitty is hanging out at the office today. It's a busy day for the court reporting side of the business, so Miss Kitty is sharing an office with Katie Williamson. I hear she's even helping answer the phones.
Portland so often has so much rain in June, we call it Junuary. Not this year!
Great story about a captioner working in the Washington, D.C. court system. Way to go, Juanita Price!
First to provide remote CART in District of Columbia Superior Court May 3, 2021 Juanita Price, RPR Juanita Price, RPR, an official and CART captioner from Gainesville, Va., was recently recognized for being the first CART captioner at the District of Columbia Superior Court to provide remote CART. S...
Happy National ASL Day 2021!!
On April 15, 1817, the first lasting school for the deaf in the United States opened. Students gathered there over the years and at subsequent deaf schools across our nation. The children intermingled Native American Signs, French Sign Language, and Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language. This process br...
Here's a wonderful update on the State of Washington bill about captioning from my friend Dean Olson:
Good morning,
The “Turn on the TV Captions” bill is on its way to the governor’s desk now.
Thank you for helping support this. After passing the House with all yes votes, it passed the Senate with all yes votes. It was a bipartisan effort. If there’s anything to do, it is to please email thank-you to the senator and the two representatives who represented you on this.
After Governor Inslee signs it, it appears Washington State will be the first state in the country to require we turn on the TV captions for public places.
Thank you,
Dean
April 14, 2021 - Senate concurred in House amendments.
04/14/2021
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April 14, 2021 - Senate concurred in House amendments.
Bill Description - Television closed captions
April 14, 2021 - Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
04/14/2021
You are subscribed to SB 5027 for Washington State Legislature Bills. This information has recently been updated, and is now available.
April 14, 2021 - Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
Bill Description - Television closed captions
Another update from our friend Dean Olson about turning the captions on in all public places in Washington. It's good that he reminds us to thank Senator Pedersen who moved this bill along.
Good morning,
Presently, the amended ‘Turn on the TV captions’ bill, SB 5027, is waiting to be scheduled for a final senate vote. I was advised we might want to take one, additional minor step to thank the Senator for his support and gently nudge to help schedule it for the senate vote.
The link to the Senate “Turn on the TV Captions bill,” aka SB 5027 is here.
On 12 April 2015: if possible, please send thank you for supporting SB 5027 - via email and phone – to Senator Pederson. Here is his information:
Pedersen, Jamie, (360) 786-7628, [email protected].
Please thank him for his support. This will help encourage him to help schedule this bill. This will help give him reassurance that we support this effort and help us express our thanks for their work.
Though the support is strong, and some have said this should pass, I believe if we take one more step to call Senator Pederson, we’ll help get this to the senate floor. Last year, several good bills didn’t make it to the final vote and the session ended too soon; ending those bills. I hope we can help nudge this to the final vote.
This will be the final email request on this issue.
Also, we might perhaps thank our representatives and senators, plus their staff, as well. This bill is the first to require TV captions in public spaces in one of the 50 US states. It was good to help contribute to the bill’s passing. 😊
Thank you,
Dean
Here's an update on the State of Washington bill to require captions be turned on in public places, and it's good news:
Mid-morning, today (4/5), the WA State “Turn on the TV Captions” bill passed the WA State House 97-0. While I was at work, several wrote to tell me they helped. Even folks from Dallas, TX and Portland, OR stepped up too!
This bill, originally sponsored and introduced by members of both parties, has bipartisan support. I hope this bill will be a model for other states, too.
The bill’s information is here: SB 5027.
While in the WA State House, the bill was amended. It is going back to the Senate for a second vote (to approve the amended version). It originally passed 48-1 there. The lone no vote was from one of Whatcom County’s senators. It has a good chance to make the WA State governor’s desk now.
Thank you,
Dean Olson
www.wash-cap.com
Washington State Communication Access Project is a non-profit dedicated to enabling hard-of-hearing persons to fully enjoy public venues through captioning.
So many people use captions these days. There is no one audience, but many. People who can't hear, people who are learning English, people who want to keep the sound down, people on the train or bus, and the list goes on.
Captioning has taken off among the non-hearing impaired — and for good reason
Hi, friends. The State of Washington Legislature is considering a bill that would require captions be turned on in public places across the state. Here's the latest about the bill. Action is needed.
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SB 5027, the bill to turn on the TV Captions, (link: here), is ready to go to the WA State House for a vote.
The TV Captions bill made it to the House floor and has yet to be scheduled. I heard that WA State Representative Timm Ormsby, from Spokane, is the ‘gatekeeper’ for the bills as they make it to the floor. Because there House amended the bill, it must pass the Senate again. The deadline is Sunday, 11 April 2021 for the House vote (so it can be sent back to the senate).
Action request: Please call and email Representative Timm Ormsby. Please ask him to “schedule the vote for SB 5027, the TV Captions Bill). His information is:
(360) 786-7946
[email protected] (and/or legislative aids, [email protected] and [email protected]).
Thank you. I believe this is the final request we make for help. 😊 It made it through the Senate, both of the House committees, and needs the WA State House vote to send it back for one final vote in the WA State Senate before the session ends. We’re close but with this extra help, we might make it.
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Dean Olson, thanks for the update!
This is a story about a wonderful court reporter. She wasn't a captioner, but we are all of the same tribe of people. We are passionate about speed and accuracy and capturing every word and making sure we creat either an accurate record or very accurate and readable captions. To Monyeen Black.
Bring it home for Monyeen Black February 16, 2021 Monyeen Black By Michael Bouley What does love look like to you? Lots of us love our profession. Some of us love to practice. We all do our best to love one another. This is a story about love. Love for all those things, yes. But especially love for....
Friends here in Oregon, KOIN and KGW started using automated speech recognition software (ASR) to create their live captioning on their local program. If you love the ASR, great. If you're not happy with the ASR captions, please let the station and the FCC know your thoughts. Check out this article from the National Court Reporting and Captioning Association about filing comments and feedback, known as complaints, with the FCC.
Captioning Committee call to action February 8, 2021 Last month the NCRA Captioning Committee sent a call to action encouraging NCRA members to participate in a letter-writing campaign to the Federal Communications Commission’s Disability Rights Office (FCC DRO). The goal of the letter, which was ...
It was an honor to have met Paul and his wife Sally. We send our deepest sympathies to the entire Taylor family.
Paul Taylor, born deaf, was an engineer who worked to create technology to allow deaf people to communicate, first with each other and then the world.
Chrysta Bailey is one of our wonderful caption coordinators. They're the folks who keep everything running smoothly for our clients, our consumers, and our captioners. Every year, she and her wonderful Jesse make amazing holiday cards featuring their cats. We hope you enjoy this one.
This local company didn't just make lemonade out of the lemons 2020 dished out, they made a lemon souffle! We had the pleasure of working with them on a few projects this year. Best wishes to everyone for a good 2021.
. transformed in 2020 into a virtual event company and hit it big with a successful partnership powering the digital events of the Joe Biden presidential campaign. The company is taking that momentum into 2021 with big growth plans.
Interesting news from captioners around the country about their workload during the pandemic.
A recent JCR Weekly poll question asked captioners if they have been adding new types of jobs during COVID-19. The results showed that some captioners are finding new work, but 28.6 percent are working less.
This is a cool video. It's great to know about BASL.
After her video went viral on TikTok, we asked Charmay to explain BASL (Black American Sign Language) to us, and tell us how it's different from ASL (America...
A fun article from our national association's Journal of Court Reporting and Captioning.
NCRA would like to thank those members who have graciously volunteered their time to caption events ranging from Town Halls with the president to the numerous webinars the Association has made and continues to make available to members. Here’s a special shout-out to those volunteers:
Hey, check this out! A judge ordered the White House to include ASL interpreters in COVID briefings. I'm glad the folks who need the service persisted to get what they need. Great job!
The Trump administration may have violated federal law by not including American Sign Language interpretation in televised briefings on the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge in Washington ruled…
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Great story about the development of our beloved closed captioning.
Whenever people "watch captions in noisy environments such as gyms and bars, they have the deaf community to thank."
From the Journal of Court Reporting, a story about LNS Captioning from 1997. https://www.thejcr.com/2020/05/19/when-hong-kong-became-part-of-china-again/
From a recent City Council meeting in Eugene, Oregon.
Council Member Betty Taylor is not a huge fan of Zoom. She wants to meet (safely) in person, she doesn't like the technology. She is 94 years old and not running for reelection this year.
Finally the Mayor asked if she had a question.
>> Council Member Taylor: I'm tired of being ignored, actually.
>> Mayor: I'm not intentionally ignoring you.
>> Council Member Smith: Use the raise-your-hand button, Betty.
>> Council Member Taylor: I raised it, I waved it.
>> Council Member Smith: No, the electronic one.
>> Council Member Taylor: I don't have an electronic hand.
We hear you, Betty.
These are great tactics for communicating with people with hearing disabilities. -19
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Juline Bajada, one of our wonderful captioners, was called upon to caption for a slam poetry event last week. Juline, you made us proud! Of course, just about all of our work is web-based right now. Here's the feedback from our client:
I just want to shout out to Juline for doing an AMAZING job with some slam poetry. The staff all had our digital jaws on the floor watching you do that. Amazing! All of the staff on the event are in awe.
Best,
Dave
Hey, really great news about the Tucker Maxon School Gala fundraiser. Even though the gala was held on line, the school raised a record amount of money, almost $200,000. Check out the school's website. I love this school and everything it does for all students, especially the children with hearing disabilities. Here's a link to the gala:
• $10,000 provides annual tuition for a preschool student who is deaf • $5,000 is the cost of a full year of Early Intervention services for a toddler who is deaf • $2,500 covers the cost of our specialized Reading and Dyslexia program for a Tucker Maxon student • $1,000 covers nine sessions...
"Ms. Leonard’s clients — some of whom have tried automated transcription services — say she brings context, background knowledge and a genuine interest in the subjects to her work. She looks up people’s names, place names and acronyms to get them right. Accents, cross talk and background noise do not result in gibberish in her transcripts, as they often do for software transcribers."
Ellie Leonard’s transcription business has thrived, despite the arrival of automated services and advancing A.I. technology.
Our friends at Tucker Maxon School always hold their big annual fundraiser in the spring. COVID-19 is making their fund raising efforts a lot harder than usual. Instead of the fun party they always have, the event is now on line. Please consider making a contribution to Tucker Maxon School's Online Gala!! https://www.tuckermaxon.org/contribute/auction/
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Captions help make news and information accessible to everyone. Here's Carol, Jim, David, and Steven's interview captioned by LNS. To learn more go to: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/call-for-portland-turn-on-the-captions
KING-5 Seattle did a really nice story about stadium captioning back during the NFL playoffs. Dean Olson, great job telling the story for everybody with hearing loss!
Check out how fast and accurate one of our captioners hands are at the Northwest Symposium On Rehabilitation And Deafness event!
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