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Zoom Makes Automated Speech Recognition Captioning Free for People with Hearing Loss

November 20, 2022November 20, 2022 - by admin

Good News! Thanks to a campaign spearheaded by HLAA’s  Shari Eberts, Zoom has agreed to provide captions on free accounts.  [Below is from Shari’s blog, “Living With Hearing Loss” From …

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Shari Eberts of HLAA Was Interviewed on National Public Radio (NPR)

November 20, 2022December 8, 2022 - by admin

Shari Eberts, hearing loss advocate and HLAA National board member, was interviewed by NPR’s Peter O’Dowd on Here and Now about Zoom and the lack of captioning on their free …

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Open Caption Performances! And Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids – Coming!

November 6, 2021December 8, 2022 - by admin

Theaters are opening for live audiences again! The first open captioned performances in New England start this weekend.  There is also good news to share on the OTC hearing aids. …

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[Inaudible Chatter] Closed Captioning Becomes Hit With TV Viewers

March 19, 2020December 8, 2022 - by admin

By  John Jurgensen, April 1, 2020 12:18 pm ET   As he recently dug into an unfamiliar drama, California native Adan Franco relied on the closed captioning at the bottom …

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