Deaf World as Eye See It

CNN : Captioned News Not!

Amy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:18:56 +0000

“In today’s mass societies, it only takes one percent of the people making a dedicated choice – contrary to the mainstream’s choice – to create a movement that can change the world.” Mark Penn, Microtrends. “A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead, [...]

“Stolen Essence” by Terrylene Sacchetti

Amy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:41:28 +0000

Oh my gawd! Watch this! When I first saw this uncaptioned/untranslated poem by Terrylene honoring DeafHope. This poem became viral among the Deaf Community via Facebook. Everyone passed this video to their friends. A lot of positive compliments were given. Some people asked Terrylene if this poem can be [...]

Quick and Easy Way to Vote for DeafHope!

Amy — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:34:18 +0000

Everyone! Chase Community Giving in Facebook offered an embedding option for your own webpage which allows your fans to click directly to Facebook’s DeafHope voting page! Did you see the Chase icon button right under my portrait on the right side? That’s the special link! For people who are new to Facebook.com, please sign [...]

Powerful Vlogs about DeafHope

Amy — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:52:59 +0000

Everyone, I must tell you this. Today, I browsed my Facebook page, and saw wonderful videos about DeafHope. I gotta share this with you. First, our very talented, Terrylene made a beautiful poem today. The first time I saw this, I was profoundly impacted by her raw emotions through her graceful signs. [...]

Deaf Hope: Needs Deaf Community’s Support NOW!

Amy — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:52:41 +0000

Hello Everyone, Five Deaf women including two CODA children were killed by domestic violence in 2009 alone. They have no place to go. I cannot emphasize, assert, impress, insist on, make clear, pinpoint, press, pronounce, rub in, and spotlight how IMPORTANT for all of us, as the DEAF COMMUNITY (including CODAs, families, teachers, [...]

Support H.R. 3101 : Letter to Congress

Amy — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:13:47 +0000

Dear Senator/Representative: I am writing to urge you to consider supporting the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 (H.R. 3101), and sponsoring the introduction of companion legislation bill for Senate. This bill is very important to me along with millions of Americans who depend on closed captions. Please imagine yourself losing your [...]

Deaf Hope won $25K from Chase via Social Media!

Amy — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:59:37 +0000

HOT DAMN! WOW! That’s HUGE NEWS! Deaf Hope won $25K from Chase Community Giving via Social Media! Facebook users voted Deaf Hope of Oakland, CA for one of their favorite charities in Round One of Chase Community Giving. Deaf Hope met the eligibility requirements of the Official Rules and this organization run of, [...]

DeafRead and DeafVideo.TV are mentioned in Princeton University Journal Article!

Amy — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:27:23 +0000

Whoooaaa! Looks like what we were doing RIGHT with our ASL vlogs since 2006! For a long time I was wondering if these vlogs have a significant impact in our community. I believe that there is an impact, for example: We became more active, mobilized and able to get things done to improve [...]

CNN in 1991, and Today…

Amy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:10:44 +0000

To All, In my previous blog entry, I wrote about my experience visiting CNN.com website today and saw the first captioned online video advertisement prominently displayed on the top right side of the homepage. That video advertisement was purchased by Capgemini. To read bit more about this, click here. Now, I am going to address [...]

First Captioned Online Advertisement on CNN.com!

Amy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:13:09 +0000

Whoa… I surfed the ‘net, and decided to visit CNN.com. I saw something. I thought my eyes were deceiving me that I was watching captioned online advertisement video. I had to refresh the page to make sure what I am seeing was the real thing. Yep. It is [...]