My Friends,
I come to you as a Kossack who uses hearing aids, pretty sophisticated ones because my hearing is very diminished. One of the things that makes my participation in this community difficult is when there is a video posted without a transcript, because often, even if the person speaking is loud enough they are not speaking with enough clarity for me to understand what they are saying.
I'm not the only Kossack with a hearing disability, as most of you know. Several of us have mentioned this problem over the years, with greater or lesser degrees of success. I am grateful to those who post transcripts with their videos before we even ask, and appreciative of those who have transcribed videos on my others requests.
What has become an increasing problem is that most of the videos posted on Daily Kos tv are not captioned, nor are transcripts done, even of the short videos. I have to say that it is VERY frustrating to have a video posted and have people discussing it and laughing at what is in it, or being outraged by what is in it, and not being able to participate.
Having a transcript also helps those who are in situations where they are not able to use the sound on their computers.
So, I'm going to ask you, please, each and every one of you, to do two things:
1) Send kos a message asking that official DKos videos be transcribed
2) Tell me in the poll whether having a transcript would make a difference to you.
Thank you for hearing me out.
Hugs,
Heather
Update: Your comments have really filled my heart. Thank you so much. I will reply this evening. I have to finish getting ready for my garage sale this morning. Hugs, Heather