Scammer Picks Wrong Sympathy Handicap
Any good grifter knows that a classic shortcut to sympathy is to fake a handicap. This guy, however, should have thought about the distancing effect of using a telephone relay service, which is...
View ArticleNetflix Will Subtitle 80 Percent Of Streaming Videos By End Of Year
Netflix has been working on adding subtitles to streaming content for a while, and has made significant headway since last year. The Netflix Blog says about 30 percent of films on the service now offer...
View ArticleImagine Being Deaf And Only "Breaking Bad's" Season Finale Isn't Subtitled On...
Imagine watching the first season of Breaking Bad, getting hooked, and then all of a sudden the last 10 minutes of the season finale are cut off. You have no idea how it ends. You’d be all like, what...
View ArticleCitibank Demands That Hearing-Impaired Customer Call Them, Hangs Up When She...
(frankieleon)Kerry has lost her hearing as an adult, and you can’t call her on the phone. This seems pretty self-explanatory, but apparently it isn’t. At least not to Citibank. They want Kerry to call...
View ArticleBank Of America To Pay $155K To Settle Claim It Discriminated Against...
(Mike Mozart) Financial institutions have a somewhat checkered past when it comes to accommodating consumers with hearing disabilities. There was Citibank’s demand that a hearing-impaired customer call...
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