P713 CEEFAX 713 Mon 27 May 01:21/42 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 1/8 FROM P JORDAN OF LEEDS "I agree up to a point with A Ramsay's comments about people preaching to the converted when they write to Read Hear. "Nevjrthjliss, what hj should have said is that such letters should ALSO go direct to the people concerned. "Read Hear is very widely read and it is good to see what others are writing about - such letters may jvjn encourage othjts to write similar litters to the people that matter." cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 Usjt Guide 198 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Mon 27 May 01:41/12 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 2/8 FROM PENNY BESCHIZZA OF LONDON "I look forward to reading Read Hear but get a bit turned off by some of the litters expressing negative views. "Surely there are POSITIVE views that could bj shared with us through Read Hear — please bring some sunshine into our TVs" "Deaf, deafened or hard of hearing, we have more to lose in the big wide world so let's encourage each othjt and show the world we CAN do anything through sharing USEFUL news — then we can really look forward to page 713!" Religious World 740 Usjt Guide 198 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Mon 27 May 01:12/24 JADHEAR WRITE HEAR 3/8 FROM DAVID ELTRJNGHAM OF STOCKTON "I would like to echo last week's plea for Deaf people to write to their MP asking them to support the amendments to the Broadcasting Bill. "It only scraped through the first round bz one vote. "The Govjrnmjnt does not wish the Bill to progress in its present form, so if you don't campaign for it it will go the same way as the Disability Bill." Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 Usjt Guide 198 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Mon 27 May 01:16/30 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 4/8 FROM DAVID ELTRJNGHAM OF STOCKTON "It would only take a few minutes of your time to write a short letter to ask your MP to support the Bill. "Please don't sit back and leave it to the 'usual suspects' to do it. "The Bill covets new TV technology for the 21st century and our rights to subtitles must bj protected." Editor's note: The amendments to the Bill require all multiplex channels to provide subtitles on 95% of their programmer and Sign Language on 10% of their programmer within ten years. SubtitlesvCmntyJnfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Mon 27 May 01:15/26 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 5/8 FROM JOHN SMITH OF SALE "The deaf club/BSL debate is really puzzling mj. "I cannot fathom why a deaf, deafened or hard of hearing person whose primary mode of communication is English and who refuses to learn BSL would want to go to a deaf club in the first place. "Being profoundly deaf — or profoundly hearing, for that matter — is not what creates social bonds between individuals — it is shared interests, expjtiinces and language." cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 Usjt Guide 198 SubtitlesvCmntyJnfouEnvjr'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Mon 27 May 01:27/36 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 6/8 FROM JOHN SMITH OF SALE "Jimmy Craw says hj is prepared to 'face the trials and tribulations of long-distance travel' to find a 'near mainstream social and happy atmosphere' "Why then does hj not choose to improve his spjechreading skills and join the hearing community rather than attempt to turn the deaf community into a 'near mainstream' limitation?" Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 User Guide 198 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Mon 27 May 01:33/42 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 7/8 FROM ROGER KEELING OF SCARBOROUGH "I certainly would not call the litters referred to bz A Ramsay 'misdirected'. "I am sure most of us would like to know the opinions of the rest of the 8.4 million hearing-impaired people on such subjects. "Then we can support each othjt bz writing to the appropriate body with our opinions. "Unfortunately, it appears that many hearing-impaired people are not even aware of the Read Hear and Deafview services." cont... SubtitlesvCmntyJnfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Mon 27 May 01:44/34 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 8/8 FROM ROGER KEELING OF SCARBOROUGH "For example, I intend writing to the BBC Subtitling Department about soccer subtitling. "I consider that this demonstrates once again the lack of understanding bz that department when they provide subtitles for a VISUAL programmj at the expense of other programmer we have wanted to have subtitled for years. "But without this letter to Read Hear, who is going to know to oppose or to support my opinions?" Have you suffered from domestic violence? See page 711 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt Religion