Sign Language Captioning in Spanish or English by LifeLinks LLC for Education of Deaf Children and Adults, with limited English proficiency, to be Available Free over the Deaf Club Web Site
For the first time ever, captioning in Spanish or English, of sign language educational videos, will be available through LifeLinks and the Deaf Club.The aim is to reduce unnecessary medical error caused by limited English proficiency in deaf persons and improve the quality of healthcare delivery. In addition, free access will be available to deaf persons, who use either a Windows PC or Apple Mac computer, from www.clubdeaf.com
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 9, 2005 -- For the first time ever, captioning in
Spanish or English of sign language educational videos will be available through
LifeLinks and the Deaf Club. In addition, access will be available to deaf
persons using a Windows PC or Apple Mac computer from the ClubDeaf website,www
clubdeaf.com.
LifeLinks LLC, the forerunner in video-interpreting
services to hospitals and the deaf community, has perfected educational videos
in sign language with closed captioning in Spanish or English. LifeLinks can
provide captioning in other languages as well.
The applications to
hospital inpatients,for pre-operative and post-operative instructions,outpatient
clinics,ER's,patients awaiting discharge, etc.,are enormous. The recording can
be made available "on the fly" or in a pre-planned fashion. Application to every
form of education is clear and apparent, e.g. deaf university students recording
lectures,deaf TV,deaf courtroom witnesses, jury members and attorneys,deaf
physicians, etc. The videos will be available remotely, over the internet, as
well as in hard copy format.The patient can be handed a CD with the healthcare
provider's instructions in sign language and captioned in their language. The
only equipment needed is a computer, PC or Mac. The captioning will appear on
the bottom of the screen in real time, simultaneous with the sign
language.
This fulfills a growing need to improve the quality of
healthcare delivery, reduce unnecessary medical error and deal with ethnic
diversity among both the deaf and hearing population.These issues are currently
being studied by JCAHO and the AMA Committees on Quality of Healthcare Delivery
and Ethnic Diversity.
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