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The Hear Me Out! [CC] Blog

Check out the blog posts and read various stories about the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing worlds, as well as some personal stories from Ahmed.

How to organise and run an awesome deaf accessible virtual event?

August 27, 2020 By Ahmed Khalifa

Post image with title: 'How to organise an awesome deaf accessible virtual event? - Deaf people are often forgotten about when organising virtual events. Here is how you can avoid that'

Even though video calls and events have been around for many years, the pandemic has forced many organisers to consider making their events, which are normally offline and in-person, as a virtual event instead.

Conferences, meetings, lectures, workshops, performances…they are all affected.

But deaf attendees are often forgotten about or ignored, so this post will look at how to make virtual events deaf accessible.

Learn how to organise and run deaf accessible virtual events here

My reactions to Twitter’s new audio tweet feature

June 24, 2020 By Ahmed Khalifa

Blog image with title: 'Deaf person reacts to twitter's audio tweet feature - Twitter has rolled out a feature where you can attach audio files to a tweet. But what does everyone think about it?'

Twitter has decided to rollout a new audio tweet feature to set group of iOS users to allow another way to express your voice.

But it didn’t go according to plan when the d/Deaf and hard of hearing community expressed their frustration about its lack of accessibility, which prompted various individuals within the company to release their own statements.

Learn about my thoughts to the audio tweet feature here

‘Why I started #WhereIsTheInterpreter’ – an interview with Lynn-Stewart Taylor

April 7, 2020 By Ahmed Khalifa

Post image with title: 'Why I Started the Campaign to have interpreters at emergency broadcasts - An Interview with Lynn-Stewart Taylor about why she started #WhereIsTheInterpreter'

In an interview with Deaf consultant and BSL user Lynn-Stewart Taylor, I had the opportunity to talk to her about the campaign #WhereIsTheInterpreter and why she felt the need to start it.

I’ve talked about it in the previous episode but I felt it was important to learn straight from the source on why this is necessary and to understand better about the benefits of this campaign BSL users.

Learn more about why Lynn started #WhereIsTheInterpreter here

‘El Deafo’ by Cece Bell – A fun graphic novel of a child wearing hearing aids at school

January 22, 2020 By Ahmed Khalifa

Post image with title: ''El Deafo' by Cece Bell - Book review: a fun graphic novel about a young girl (or rabbit?) who has to wear hearing aids and make friends at school'

If you are looking for a fun graphic novel where the main character is deaf and it is suitable for all ages, ‘El Deafo’ is a book that you must pick up.

I have decided to review this novel after finishing it recently and you can read more about it below.

Check out the ‘El Deafo’ book review here

‘Making the arts accessible by captioning live events’ – with Melanie Sharpe, CEO of Stagetext

January 21, 2020 By Ahmed Khalifa

Image for post with title overlay: 'Making The Arts Accessible by Captioning Live Events' - An Interview with Melanie Sharpe, CEO of Stagetext

It’s not a surprise that going to the theatres, art galleries, museums and other similar events are challenge for those who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing.

But thankfully, there are companies like Stagetext who provides live captioning for anyone who wants to experience arts and culture like theatre, art gallery and other live events.

Listen or read the interview with Stagetext CEO, Melanie Sharpe

What is lip reading / speech reading like for deaf/hard of hearing people?

January 15, 2020 By Ahmed Khalifa

Post image with title overlay: 'What is lip reading like for deaf/hard of hearing people? - Learn more about the myths plus some tips & advice on how to make it easier for the lip reader

Since lip reading (or speech reading) is common for those who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing, what is it like for those who are unfamiliar with it and never uses it?

This post will explain my own personal experiences of lip reading plus look at removing the myths (like you can read lips from across the room 🙄) and also share some tips and advice on how to make it easier for the lip reader.

Learn more about lip reading / speech reading here

‘Even deaf gamers can (and want to) play video games too’ – with Chris aka DeafGamersTV

January 8, 2020 By Ahmed Khalifa

Post image with title overlay: 'Even Deaf Gamers Can (and Wants to) Play Video Games Too' - An interview with Chris aka @DeafGamersTV

I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Robinson aka DeafGamersTV who is a passionate about video games, regularly streams live on Twitch/Mixer to his audience and is advocating gaming accessibility for deaf/hoh gamers out there.

As Chris is more comfortable communicating via ASL (and I don’t know any ASL), we have decided to do the interview via emails. And it was so much fun to learn more about what goes on behind-the-scene and also learn more about the deaf gaming accessibility world.

Listen or read the interview with DeafGamersTV

‘The importance of sharing my writings as a deaf journalist’ with Liam O’Dell

December 11, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

Blog post image with title: 'The Importance of Sharing My Writings as a Deaf Journalist' - An Interview with Liam O'Dell

In this episode, I talk to Liam O’Dell – one of the main deaf journalist in the UK who shares thoughtful and insightful pieces on major publications such as Metro, The Independent and the popular deaf blog ‘The Limping Chicken’.

Liam shares his background story on how he got into it, why he feels it’s important to talk about deafness in publications, what are the general reactions from hearing and d/Deaf & hard of hearing people alike and more.

Listen or read transcript of the interview with Liam O’Dell here

Support the website by becoming joining the Patreon page

December 10, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

Image for post with title: Be a Patron of 'Hear Me Out! [CC]' via the Official Patreon Page - Be part of the community, receive exclusive benefits & help to bridge the gap between hearing & deaf worlds

I am very excited to announce that I have just launched my very own Patreon page.

Aaaaaaarrrrghhh! 😬

Let’s get deeper and allow me to explain what is Patreon, why I have decided to do this, what you will get out of it and why I believe this will allow me to serve you better and to spread deaf awareness further.

Learn more about my new Patreon page here

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