Technology
captions that need to be turned on and off manually
Closed captions
Televisions with sound were available since the 1920s, but it was only in _(what year)_____ that captions were widely available in analog television sets.
1990
All televisions 13 inches or larger include a captioning device inside the TV itself
The Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990
Name one device- something to read
Braille
How do deaf people make phone calls?
Video Relay Services (VRS)
call centers with communication agents or sign language interpreters. Hearing people receive calls that a communication agent voices to them, and, using the telephone, delivers the spoken message to the other end by typing or signing the spoken information to the Deaf caller
Relay service
It wasn’t until after _(what year)______ that there was Spanish (including accent marks) captioning as well as adding video descriptions, translating visual media into an accessible format for blind or low-vision consumers.
2001
Wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against disability and required accessibility for all public areas.
Americans with Disabilities Act
Name one device (for use with VRI)
Large-screen video monitors and televisions
How do deaf people wake up for work?
Clocks where you can plug in a vibrating device that goes under bed or plug in a lamp- then when the clock goes off, the vibrating device (or lamp) will go off too
devices that help people hear in groups and in large rooms, by using a transmitter than carries spoken information to the receiver, and an amplifier for the receiver. This filters out the reverberation and background noise.
Audio Loop Systems
The telephone has been around since 1900. When were deaf people finally able to use the telephone (with their TTY) to make calls to other deaf people with TTYs?
1970s
Which law represented a major paradigm shift regarding accessibility in the United States?
Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975
The Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
Least Restrictive Environment Act of 1982
The Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
Name one device for the house
Vibrating signaling system for doorbell, smoke detector, and telephone calls
How do deaf people know when someone is at the door?
The lights or vibrating device will go off in the house, alerting the residents to the door
captions that are permanently included in the video and cannot be turned off
Open captions
The first show with captions occurred in 1972, __(the name of TV show)__.
The French Chef with Julia Child
The act prohibited federal agencies and agencies receiving federal funding from discriminating against people with disabilities in their hiring practices.
Th Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Tablets/iPads using ______
zoom features
When their baby is crying?
Light-based baby monitors when the baby cried, the lights would go off. Now, there are baby cams!
interpreting for deaf and hearing individuals in the same room that is provided via videoconferencing with an interpreter in a remote location
Video Remote Interpreting (VRI)
A Deaf scientist, __(who?)__ invented a device which looks like a typewriter, hooked up to the phone- people type out messages that showed up on the other end.
Robert Weitbrecht
This law requires that facilities built by the government must be accessible.
The Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
There are different types of accessibility technologies. Name one accessibility technology used by DeafBlind adults.
Visual-based accessibility technology
When there is city-wide emergency alert?
-Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) on stage
-Paging alert sign-up service where you can be notified in case of emergency via text or email