[nfb-db] Deafblind Group Communication

[Maurice Mines]

hi dosenay body know ifwe will talk about this at the deaf-blind  
meetting in Detroite.
On Jun 9, 2009, at 12:03 AM, John Lee Clark wrote:

> Oh, any one of a large number of ways.  CART, C-print, captioning  
> keyboard,
> regular laptop, different types of low-tech devices, wireless,  
> whatever.
> The key elements are someone to listen and type the proceedings, and  
> get the
> transcript to you through whatever device.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org]  
> On Behalf
> Of Haben Girma
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 12:35 AM
> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Deafblind Group Communication
>
> How would the large print and braille feeds work?
>
> John Lee Clark wrote:
>> Haben:
>>
>> No.  This chain relay interpreting is ideal for small groups.  Larger
> groups
>> would result in "telephone line" lags and errors.  Most large  
>> groups, in
>> meetings or for presentations, would have many different things  
>> going on.
>> Some will watch the presenter directly, sitting up close.  Others  
>> may join
>> groups of four or five people who watch one relay interpreter.   
>> some would
>> have tactile interpreters.  Others listen to ALDS or read large  
>> print or
>> Braille feeds.  For this reason, the ideal venue is an open floor and
> chairs
>> that you can arrange in any kind of way.  Places with chairs fixed  
>> to the
>> floor are bad.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
>> Of Haben Girma
>> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 11:24 PM
>> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Deafblind Group Communication
>>
>>
>> So at the AADB meetings, is that how they communicate to the whole
>> group. So if one person is presenting, do the people next to her  
>> relay
>> the message around the circle?
>>
>> Haben
>>
>> Mussie wrote:
>>
>>> Haben,
>>> I was once asked this question, although I generally only work on
>>> one-on-one training sessions. Sign language is not the only group- 
>>> wide
>>> communication. I am sure there will be much simplier way to
>>> communciate in groups in the future, like there will be cell phone
>>> based video conversation via ASL in situations where it may not be
>>> possible to see one's signing. But for the deaf-blind, there are  
>>> other
>>> options, including networked communication options (Face to Face and
>>> the DBC can permit this), though it may not be an they may not be an
>>> ideal solution in some situations. I also used to do group tactile
>>> signing in which what one is saying at the other end is relayed
>>> through the person or persons close to the receiver of the signing.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Haben Girma" <habnkid at aol.com>
>>> To: "NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List" <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 2:03 AM
>>> Subject: [nfb-db] Deafblind Group Communication
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> John, you mentioned somewhere that your wife is not your  
>>>> interpreter.
>>>> I imagine that you do find yourself occasionally in large social
>>>> groups. What do you do in these situations? Do you just sign to the
>>>> people next to you? Does your wife really not interpret at all what
>>>> the people across the table are signing? Of course if your wife  
>>>> were
>>>> your interpreter she would not get a chance to participate in the
>>>> conversation herself, but then how can you participate in the large
>>>> group conversation if someone does not interpret for you? I'm  
>>>> curious
>>>> specifically about informal groups of 4 to six friends.
>>>>
>>>> Haben
>>>>
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