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2022 TDI Scholarship Awardees
TDI is proud to announce the 2022 TDI Scholarships awardees. This year the 2022 TDI Scholarship awarded 6 outstanding students a total $15,000 to support their collegiate goals. 2022 TDI Scholarship Recipients The 2022 recipients are Parker Noffke, attending the...
FCC Filing: Interoperable Video Conferencing Services
Interoperable Video Conferencing Services Accessibility Advocacy and Research Organizations. TDI, along with the listed consumer groups below, filed a comment to the Federal Communications Commission's Public Notice. This filing regarding the interoperable video...
Ex Parte FCC Filing: Accessibility Coalitions
Supporting Accessibility Coalitions. TDI met with various organizations in several groups and submitted ex parte letters to the Federal Communications Commission related to accessibility concerns. The critical importance of accessibility in children's programming...
FCC Filing: Application of Global Caption, Inc. as Provider of Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service
HLAA, with the assistance of TDI's legal representation, filed a comment to the Federal Communications Commission about Global Caption, Inc.'s application for the certification as a Provider of Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service. Internet Protocol...
TDI Welcomes Curtis Humphries as a TDI Board Member
The TDI Board of Directors is happy to announce Curtis Humphries' selection as a member-at-large. "Curtis' acceptance of this appointment is a source of great honor for the TDI Board of Directors. He has had a long, storied career in telecommunications and business...
TDI’s Policy Comment Filings
FCC Filing: Application of Rogervoice for Certification as a Provider of IP Captioned Telephone Service
IP Captioned Telephone Service: Rogervoice's Application for Certification Hearing Loss of America (HLAA), with the assistance of TDI's legal representation, filed a comment to the Federal Communications Commission about Rogervoice's application for certification as...
FCC Filing: Application of NexTalk For Certification as a IP Captioned Telephone Service Provider
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), with the assistance of TDI’s legal representation, filed a comment to the Federal Communications Commission expressing their concerns about the Commission’s approach to reviewing and approving the ASR-based provider certifications. Specifically, IP Captioned Telephone Service Provider certifications. In previous comments with similar ASR-provider certification applications, we continued to raise concerns related to minimum requirements that ASR providers should have included available information for ASR offerings to the public. NexTalk is the next one that we currently see that is similar to previous applications.
FCC Filing: Biennial CVAA 2022 Report
TDI, along with the listed consumer groups below, filed a comment in the response to the Federal Communications Commission’s Public Notice regarding the 2022 Biennial CVAA Report.
FCC Filing: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry on the Emergency Alert System
TDI filed a comment to the Federal Communications Commission's Public Notice and Notice of Inquiry. This comment concerns the improvement of the clarity and accessibility of the visual and auditory messages in the Emergency Alert System (EAS). Emergency Alert System...
FCC Filing: Reply Comments of Closed Captioning Display Settings
TDI, along with the listed consumer groups, filed a reply comment to the Federal Communications Commission, about its public notice to refresh the record in the closed captioning display settings filing.
FCC Filing: FCC’s Public Notice on Closed Captioning Settings
TDI, along with the listed consumer groups, filed a comment to the Federal Communications Commission in a response to its’ Public Notice regarding the closed captioning settings.
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2021 TDI Biennial Awards
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Introducing: The 2021 TDI Scholarship Winners
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="4656" img_size="Medium" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Carrying over the scholarship announced in 2019, the scholarship program is designed to encourage deaf and hard of hearing...
TDI 24th Biennial Conference – LAST CHANCE
TDI 24th Biennial Conference Day 4 – Overview
The final day of the conference will be all community forums addressing major issues that we’ve identified as needing significant attention in today’s rapidly changing information and communication technological landscape. We’ll start off with Gaming for Access with...
TDI 24th Biennial Conference Day 3 – Overview
On the third day of conference programming, we will meet various industry members who will detail what their companies are doing for people who are deaf and hard of hearing in terms of accessibility in their products and services. We have a very exciting and powerful...
TDI 24th Biennial Conference Day 2 – Overview
The second day of conference programming will center around three major plenary discussions: Preparing Telecommunications Relay Services for the next generation, Achieving 100% captioning on all video content as well as use of high quality automatic captioning, and ...
TDI Board
TDI Welcomes Newest Additions to its Board of Directors
It is our great pleasure to welcome the newest TDI Board members of which there are four. Two were elected by the TDI members last year before the 2015 TDI Conference and their terms started at the conclusion of the conference. Cassandra Boryslawskyj is the...
TDI Board Announces 2014-2015 New Officers and Members at Large
Hello! It gives me great pleasure to introduce the current slate of officers and members of the TDI Board in this eNote. All of us on the TDI Board look forward to working with our members and friends in promoting access to telecommunications, media, and information...
News From Our Affiliated Partners
Senators Markey and Capito Reintroduce Legislation to Improve Educational Opportunities for Visual and Hearing-Impaired Students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 202-224-2742Kelley Moore (Capito) 202-228-1462 Washington (October 23, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation that will...
TDI FCC Filing: Consumer groups do not object to NAB and NCTA’s request to extend FCC comment deadlines.
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Deaf / Hard of Hearing Consumer Groups and Researchers Call on FCC to Improve the Quality of Live Captions
WASHINGTON - On July 31, Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI), the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA), the Cerebral Palsy and Deaf...
Action Alert to TDI Members to Oppose the Proposed ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 620)
TDI is extremely concerned with the recent developments on Capitol Hill for the proposed ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 620). This proposed HR 620 bill is expected to come to a vote on the House floor this Thursday (February 15)! It is crucial that we have...
Joint Statement from TDI and Sister Consumer Groups/Advocates on Imminent Regulatory Changes for Net Neutrality from the FCC
Joint Statement from TDI and Sister Consumer Groups/Advocates on Imminent Regulatory Changes for Net Neutrality from the Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will have its open meeting in the morning of Thursday, December...
DHHCAN’s Open Letter to AGBAD re: Nyle DiMarco
Editor's Note: TDI is a member of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Consumer Advocacy Network, and Claude Stout, TDI Executive Director serves as its Chair. The coalition has eight consumer organizations as its voting members and four professional groups as its non-voting...
FCC-related news
Accessibility Advocates Draft Accessibility Agenda for 2021 FCC Transition Team
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In consultation with Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI), the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), the American Council of the Blind (ACB), the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), and the...
FCC Announces Winners of Chairman’s Awards for Advancements in Accessibility
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) celebrated the 2020 winners of the Chairman's Awards for Advancements in Accessibility (Chairman's AAA) through a live-streamed virtual event on Thursday October 8. The Chairman's AAA...
FCC Waivers Help VRS, IP CTS Providers Mitigate Wait Times During COVID-19
This article is reprinted with permission of Warren Communications News. Do not further redistribute without written permission from Warren: www.communicationsdaily.com, 202-872-9200 or [email protected] Original article can be found at...
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Industry-Related News
Comcast Launches Eye-Control For The Television
Comcast announced new X1 Eye Control feature, which empowers customers with physical disabilities to navigate their television using just their eyes. Using a web-based remote control paired with an X1 set-top box, customers who use eye gaze or other...
Verizon, the National Disability Leadership Alliance and Getty Images Announces: The Disability Collection
Verizon, the National Disability Leadership Alliance and Getty Images Announces: The Disability CollectionPeople with disabilities make up about 20% of the population, yet they are featured in less than 2% of the images we see in the media. Verizon, Getty Images and...
Use an Antenna to Watch Local TV? Make a Plan to Rescan!
If you’re one of the more than 72 million viewers nationwide who watch local TV stations for free with an antenna, you may soon have to rescan your TV or converter box to make sure you keep getting all the local news, weather, sports and entertainment you enjoy. The...
Apple Expands Coding Resources: Coding Concepts Video in ASL
Readers of TDI World 49.1 may recall reading an article titled "Apple Reaches Out to Schools for Deaf and Blind". We highlighted Apple's newest coding curricula, "Everyone Can Code" and how it teamed with educators from the deaf and blind communities to begin teaching...
Two New Features from Microsoft: Disability Answer Desk and Accessibility Guide
Did you know you could call Microsoft for support? Did you know that you could call them directly by videophone? You do not need to call using Video Relay Service (VRS); sign directly with a Microsoft expert who uses and understands American Sign Language (ASL). If...
Apple Unveils Accessibility Website: “We don’t design products for some people”
Continuing their commitment to tech accessibility, Apple released a website showcasing features “designed for every single person.” The dedicated website covers Macs, iPads, iPhone, Watch and the Apple TV, and disabilities spanning from vision, physical and motor...