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A New Accessible Pedestrian Signal for Blind Travelers Video TranscriptVideo Description. Haben Girma and her guide dog Mylo are standing at a street corner. She is holding up her phone toward the pedestrian signal. iPhone: (Don't walk signal, Slow Beeping). Haben: I'm testing out a new app called OKO. When I get to an intersection, I hold up my phone and scan for a...
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World Braille Day 2024 TranscriptSabriye: So, what I really like about your approach is that you are such a Braille fan and I'm a Braille fan, too. We should both advocate for Braille and make sure that people don't think that Braille is just old-fashioned, or something ancient. We should empower the blind to understand that Braille is a...
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Presidential Remarks on the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act TranscriptHaben: Good afternoon! (Good afternoon!) My name is Haben Girma. Allow me to share a story. When my grandmother took my older brother to school in East Africa, they told her that deafblind children can't go to school. There was simply no chance. When my family moved to the U.S., and I was born also...
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Reading, in Braille, from Haben: the Deafblind Woman who Conquered Harvard Law TranscriptI flew to Juneau, Alaska, right after my second year of College -- thinking I had this cool job leading tours of the Capitol Building. The recruiters knew about my deafness, and we agreed I would receive questions and comments during the tours through my assistive technology. They knew about my racial status -- I...
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An iPhone Feature Helping Deaf/Hard of Hearing People: Live Captions TranscriptHaben is wearing a black long-sleeve top with a small microphone attached to the collar. She is in front of a vibrant blue wall. Mylo is resting on a raised surface behind her. Haben: Today I'm talking about an accessibility feature on the iPhone called Live Captions, and it turns on a caption panel on...