Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Enlightenment of Independence - Coggle Diagram
Enlightenment of Independence
VRS &VRI
VRI is also similar to on-site interpreting, except that the interpreters off-site or located remotely
Phone conversations through VRS and VRI are effortless and mostly used compared to text-based relayed conversations
VRS has the capability to accept messages and forward them to deaf users by sending text messages to the users’ computers
Hearing persons have been said to prefer VRS and VRI as well because of the given speed in conversations
Access for deaf people
closed-captioned made an impact for deaf people as it received a big boost from the commission on education of the deaf in 1988
The Americans with Disabilities Act title IV not only improved existing relay services but also required all telephone companies to provide relay services
open-captioned movies first began in 1949 with the advent of captioned films for the deaf
American Association of Blind-deaf identified the needs assessment of SSP programs
Zenith was the first and only firm to manufacture television sets with a built in computer processor chip that made it possible to show captions without decoders
TTY
The experience was enormously beneficial for deaf people
it was the first time that deaf persons possessed telephone numbers
Robert Weitbrecht invented the acoustic coupler that enabled Western Union teletypewriters (TTY)
Lee Brody developed the first Braille TTY for deaf-blind users
Technology devices
Frederick C. Rein made the first known hearing aid manufacturing company that manufactured non-electric hearing aids
hearing aids were starting to be designed smaller and less noticeable
wind-up alarm clocks and tactile alarms were used to wake up deaf people
CART and C-print were made for captioning spin-offs
Dr. William House performed the first cochlear implant in America