'Coke Studio for the Deaf' brings music to the 9 million hearing impaired people in Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Coke Studio, which has previously brought music from far-flung areas into the recording studio, has now come up with a beautiful initiative in Pakistan, that will enable the hearing-impaired to enjoy music.
Coke Studio for the Deaf, as the new initiative is called, has innovated with light and vibrations to make the experience accessible to those who cannot hear.
9 million people in Pakistan have some sort of hearing impairment. They can experience the rhythm of music through touch and sight, and we believe music is a feeling everyone should experience.
Speaking about the initiative, Ibrahim Khan, Coca-Cola brand manager, says, “Coke Studio reaches millions around the world, but not the nine million people hearing-impaired people in Pakistan. We wanted to bring a small change in that regard.”
A report in The The New Indian Express quotes Deaf Reach founder Richard Geary as saying, “Working together with Coke Studio has been a really amazing experience. Not just because we got to see the experience the young people enjoyed, but to create awareness in the country and internationally about the need to provide more opportunities for the Deaf community”
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About America’s Next Top Model - Cycle 22 of America’s Next Top Model, hosted by Tyra Banks, will feature the third “Guys and Girls” edition. Selected men and women living under one roof will battle it out to earn the prestigious title of America’s Next Top Model.
#DeafTalent - Campaign: Hollywood, stop hiring hearing actors for Deaf roles. Deaf people have the right to represent themselves!
As a result of this #DeafTalent campaign, the world will have a much better understanding of the Deaf community’s standpoint on not allowing Deaf roles to be given out to hearing people. Many people do not realize that they have been oppressing Deaf actors for many years now.
We hope that this new awareness will also create many more job opportunities for Deaf people all over, both in front and behind the camera, as well as other places. We believe that this campaign will ignite many new discussions and ideas and help cause a shift in societal awareness.
Huffington Post - The #DeafTalent hashtag began making waves after a NY Daily News interview with Catalina Sandino Moreno raised red flags in the Deaf community. Moreno, a hearing actress, was cast to play a Deaf woman in the leading role of her new film Medeas. But in the NYDN interview, it became clear that Moreno has had very little exposure to deafness or Deaf culture.
‘The Simpsons’ have predicted the future and we haven’t noticed it.
HOLLYWOOD -- The Simpsons has taken historical, cultural, and political people and events and turned them into the butts of the longest-running satire in television history. Most of the time they're making fun of something that just happened, but what about all those times when The Simpsons created it first? Does this mean the show can predict the future? Watch the video clips.
From predicting Donald Trumps run for presidency to the massive outbreak of the Ebola virus, we count down 10 Times The Simpsons Predicted The Future.
‘The Simpsons’ have predicted the future - 1 to 21 times:
1. In 1999, radiation spawned mutant tomatoes.
Season 11, Episode 5, “E-I-E-I-D’oh!” Full mutant vegetable article here.
2. In 2008, Homer’s voting machine changed his vote.
Season 20, Episode 4, “Treehouse of Horror XIX” Full faulty machine article here.
3. In 1995, an entire lemon tree was stolen.
Season 6, Episode 24, “Lemon of Troy” Full lemon theft article here.
Season 6, Episode 19, “Lisa’s Wedding” Full “Smartwatch” segment here.
5. In 1996, TV evangelists worshipped “the all-mighty dollar.”
Season 7, Episode 12, “Team Homer” Full pope article here.
6. In 1994, horse meat was a secret ingredient.
Season 5, Episode 19, “Sweet Seymour Skinner’s Baadasssss Song” Full horse article here.
7. In 1998, Professor Fink made hamburger earmuffs.
Season 10, Episode 2, “The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace” Full hamburger earmuffs article here.
8. In 1994, an Apple product wasn’t always sure what its owner was trying to say.
Season 6, Episode 8, “Lisa on Ice” FUN FACT: “Eat up Martha” helped design the iPhone. Read about that here.
9. In 1991, Ringo took decades to respond to his fans.
“They took the time to write me, and I don’t care if it takes me another 20 years. I’m going to answer every one of them.” Season 2, Episode 18, “Brush With Greatness” Full Beatles article here.
10. In 1998, Springfield kids were stoked about a yard work simulator.
Season 9, Episode 12, “Bart Carny”
11. In 1995, Lisa’s “future” college librarian was a robot.
Season 6, Episode 19, “Lisa’s Wedding” Full robot librarian article here.
12. In 1992, Herb Powell built a baby translator.
Season 3, Episode 24, “Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?” Full baby translator article here.
13. In 1995, a “future” dorm room had a Rolling Stones tour poster.
Season 6, Episode 19, “Lisa’s Wedding”
14. In 2002, before Guitar Hero existed, Mick and Keith gave Homer a Guitar Hero jacket.
Season 14, Episode 2, “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation” Full “Guitar Hero” clip here.
15. In 1991, Homer dreamed of the Land of Chocolate during a meeting.
Season 3, Episode 11, “Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk” See full chocolate land article here.
16. In 1996, a high-tech intercom looked exactly like what would become the first-generation iPod.
Season 8, Episode 5, “Bart After Dark” Full iPod commercial here.
17. In 1993, Gunter and Ernst were attacked by one of their tigers.
Season 5, Episode 10, “$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)”
Full article here.
18. In 1998, Homer stole used cooking grease to turn into quick cash.
Season 10, Episode 1, “Lard of the Dance” Full grease article here.
19. In 1995, “future” phones had video capabilities.
Season 6, Episode 19, “Lisa’s Wedding” Full iPhone FaceTime commercial here.
20. In 2009, a sign was not a cop.
Season 20, Episode 13, “Gone Maggie Gone” More of our photos of tourists ignoring shutdown signs here.
21. And in 1994, Homer did that thing.
Season 6, Episode 5, “Sideshow Bob Roberts” Full “Wrecking Ball” music video here.
Maltese Deaf people want a fair hearing on film and TV subtitles.
VALLETTA, Maltese -- The quality of life of Deaf people would dramatically improve if subtitles were introduced on TV and in cinemas, according to campaigners. “Think how much general knowledge you get from the TV,” said Alison Vere from the Deaf People Association, which is behind the Subtitles Now campaign launched recently.
“With the exception of the five-minute Deaf News in Maltese sign language, local TV is inaccessible to Deaf and those hard of hearing,” she added.
Organised jointly with film culture NGO Kinemastik, Subtitles Now is promoting the introduction of sub-titles on TV and more screenings of subtitled movies in cinemas.
It starts with sound and subtitles so that all people can understand what is happening, but then the captions disappear and all the dialogue is conducted in sign language.
Eventually the sound of Bob Dylan singing the words “How does it feel?” from Like a Rolling Stone can be heard and a caption asks, “How does it feel to see but not hear?”
Ms Vere said deafness was an invisible disability because it went unseen unless people were communicating in sign language or wearing visible hearing aids.
If their campaign is successful, it would “provide a quantum leap in the quality of life of Deaf Maltese and would also help increase Deaf literacy.”
Association president Steven Mulvaney visited the UK recently and was amazed to find he had the option of closed caption subtitles on every programme on the TV in his hotel room, available through the push of a button.
The association would like Maltese Deaf people to have the same option... Read The Full Story.
Sony’s Entertainment Access Glasses Utilizing Unique Holographic Technology - The movie industry’s transformation to digital technology has created an opportunity to efficiently deliver closed caption data to movie patrons. This coincides with large demand from people with hearing difficulties to watch movies more easily and enjoyably.
Sony has therefore developed entertainment access glasses utilizing its unique holographic technology: the STW-C140GI Entertainment Access Glasses with Audio and, as part of this solution, the STWA-C101 Data Transmitter. When wearing this stylish and lightweight see-through eyewear, users can see closed caption text seemingly superimposed onto the movie picture that they’re watching on screen - it’s a natural subtitle-movie experience.
In addition, as the captioning glasses’ receiver box is equipped with an audio assist function, this solution is useful not only for people with hearing difficulties but also for people with visual impairments - both can enjoy movies far more than ever before... Read The Full Story.
Deaf viewers outraged by bizarre captions-subtitles on the national broadcasting television.
LONDON -- 'Pulled your ball up!' Deaf viewers outraged by bizarre subtitles on Dancing On Ice. The National Deaf Children's Society has slammed ITV for its 'bizarre and confusing' captioning on the hit celebrity figure skating contest.
The programme has attracted an audience of more than 7 million but Deaf viewers are outraged by nonsensical wording claiming 'blasphemous' routines 'walk straight in the fridge'. Leading campaigners who want a good quality of life for Deaf adults and children said incoherent subtitles makes second-class citizens out of disability sufferers with missubtitling photos... Read The Full Story.
Error captioning on television, which is not the first time the United Kingdom television media network has done it in the national broadcast:
The BBC came under fire last October from groups for the hard of hearing for its increasing number of bizarre gaffes, which have included calling the Labour leader 'Ed Miller Band' and the Church of England leader the 'arch bitch' of Canterbury.
The BBC has been criticized by Deaf campaign groups over "ludicrous" computer-generated subtitles that branded the Labor leader "Ed Miller Band" and announced a visit by the "Arch b**** of Canterbury".
Hard-of-Hearing viewers have been left "utterly perplexed" over a string of bizarre errors in subtitles during BBC programming, including the Ireland rugby team last week being renamed "Island"... Read The Full Story.
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