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A picture is worth a thousand words
For nearly a million Americans, using a normal telephone is impossible.
For our nation's deaf, finding easy ways to communicate throught the channels the rest of us take for granted has been a constant challenge -- but that's changing. High speed internet has made new video conferencing tools possible, opening new and exciting doors of dialogue. Take it from Sam Wilder, a Sign langauage teacher in Georgia:
"The video phone is much more personal," he said. "And for a lot of deaf people, American Sign Language is their first language and English is hard for them so typing was hard. This uses their language."
"They love the technology," he said.
"It's a great service that the library can provide to the deaf community," he said. "They can communicate with friends and family face to face. There's not a large number of deaf people in the area but there are people here who have deaf friends and family members they want to talk to."
The promise of this new technology is mainly limited by accessibility to high speed internet. Only a small portion of deaf Americans have the internet accessibility needed to use these new technologies.
CWA members oppose AT&T’s attempts to stop serving rural and low-income communities in California
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CWA members oppose AT&T’s attempts to stop serving rural and low-income communities in California
CWA members oppose AT&T’s attempts to stop serving rural and low-income communities in California
CWA urges FCC to deny industry attempts to loosen pole attachment standards
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CWA urges FCC to deny industry attempts to loosen pole attachment standards
CWA urges FCC to deny industry attempts to loosen pole attachment standards
CWA District 6 reaches agreement with AT&T Mobility
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CWA District 6 reaches agreement with AT&T Mobility
CWA District 6 reaches agreement with AT&T Mobility