Look at that! Someone using technology for a good cause and not just to pump out more megapixels or whowhatsits per second. Going by the name of VeeSee, this Britian-based IPTV service (think Joost) caters to deaf people, with programming where British Sign Language is the lingua franca. The company felt there was a lack of deaf person-friendly programming on traditional TV programming to meet deaf people’s needs. The IPTV channel is actually part of ViewTV, a large TV portal that offers 900 streaming channels. This kind of content takes a little while to create, so only three to four hours are expected to be available in the days and weeks ahead. Which, as it stands, is much more than what’s out there now.
Besides, it’s been a while since we’ve seen the sign language lady on TV. Here, her wacky German counterpart.
How about paternalistic, patronising, lack of Web 2.0. Why can’t Deaf people set up their own vlogs, and decentralise content?
If this was a mainstream site, it would get a critical review, instead you just see DEAF = good cause, and people feel sorry for us?(!)
Nicholas - that’s exactly the problem. The use of technology for a “good cause”. So, anything that’s provided for Deaf people is for a “good cause”?
Who said we were charity cases?
Besides that site is just so 1997.. it is now 2007, web 2.0 and all that!