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Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Offers Accessibility Webinars for Arts and Cultural Organizations

The Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA) in partnership with the Very Special Arts Florida (VSAFL), an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presents a series of lunch-hour webinars entitled “Successfully Accessible.”  The webinars are … Continue reading

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MyVoice: A Prototype American Sign Language (ASL) Translator

Students at the University of Houston designed a device called MyVoice, an ASL translator, which uses a video camera to capture a person’s sign language movements.  For people with hearing disabilities sign language can greatly improve communication with the world; … Continue reading

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RIT/NTID Receives $1.2 million Dollar Grant from the U.S. Department of Education

The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Master of Science Program in Secondary Education (MSSE) has received a $1.2 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education to assist in recruiting and … Continue reading

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