P713 CEEFAX 713 San 8 Jun 23:57/34 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 1/1X FROM A READER IN LONDON M Full of Dun e was s ot-on n hi assessment of the apath of af and hard-of-hearing people in the UK. "The amendments to the Broadcastin7 and hard-of-hearing people whll make any effort at all to support them? "I shall bj at the lobby of Parliament, where I fully expect to see the same bj undjt 50 - including myself!) wish precious few new faces to help us. o SubtitlesvCmntyJnfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Sat 8 Jun 23:06/16 READHEAR WRITE HEAR E FROM MRS E CAPON OF EAST SUSSEX "I write in r ly to Mr K for . "$jad Hear recently repoztjd th1t thjte have been complaints in the USA about public money being spent on subtijling programmer like Baywatch. "Why not treat everyone the same and simply stop televising it? available subtitles, but some of us go for CHOICE." cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Rile ious Wo ld 74 Us G id 19 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvit'nmt ReligionP713 CJEFAX 713 Sun 9 Jun 00:01/38 READHEAR WRJTJ HEAR W K FROM MRS E CAPON OF EAST SUSSEX "Has it occurred to her that it is the dissatisfied deaf amongst us who have lobbied for and made possible thrse vjty subtitles that she is happy to accept now? "No, it is not the world'u fault |hat we are deaf and wi don't insert thQt the world pays for it. "Wj do want to benefit from available technology no that it i h t nd, when all is said and done, '(hc Lord helps those who help thjmsjlvjsg." Community Pages 720 En6itn.mint 730 Religious World 740 Usji Guide 19 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 San 8 Jun 23:04/21 JADHEAR WRJTJ HEA5 4/10 FROM RICHARD AMOS OF NOTTS "I was disgusted with the rather abrupt ending of the See Hear ripo t into tour operators. Th nti pro a mj hos d av devoted to this tgpia alone, showhng the pjtils of the rest of the journey and of the holiday itself. "My experiences have shown in-flight entertainment to bj useless — no subtitles on the screen and no loop system to ovjrcomj aircraft noise." Community Pages 728 Environment 730 R igiou Wo 40 Use Gui 198 SubtiilesvCmntyJnfouEnvir'mmt ReligionP713 CEJFAX 713 Sat 8 Jun 23:55/02 READEAR R CH 5D AMOS OF MOTT "I have had similar problems on coach tours in trying to understand what the gujdj is s—zing. "This problem is compounded by the now found at the attractions. I al o g t annoy d t lac s th t 'di bl d p pl w l m wh n all th ramps! "This doer not appl= tg djafenud pjo8li and iu discrimination." cont. Religious Wozlh 740 User Guide 198P713 CEEFAX 713 San 8 Jun 23:55/44 READHEAR WRITE lE—R U 6/1 FROM RICHARD AMOS OF NOTTS "I have written to several companies pointing out these problems. "I have also offered suggestions on how t r ac "I shall let Trad Hear viewers know of any replies as soon as I get them." Community Page 720 En ronm nt 730 Religious Would 740 User Guide 198 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Sat 8 Jun 23:55/26 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 7/10 FROM CHARL S W DDAMS OF ORP NGTON "I recently attended a subtitled screening of Mr Holland's Opus at the National Film Thjatt . " his I thoroughly enjoyed, but th r couldn't have been mote than 50 people attending, which I thought was pretty "OK, thjti are closed-captioned videos and teletext 888 subtitles, but surely there is nothing like seeing a movie on t j big sc ien." Community Pages 720 Environment 730 R ligious World 740 Us Grid 1 8 SubtitlesvCmntyJnfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Sat 8 Jzn 23:07/08 l A H A WRJTJ HEAR £££££££££££ FROM CHARLES WADDAMS OF ORPINGTON r Ho la ' O u a r t l sj in the US and is not yet out on video and likely won t appear on terrjsttial TV for a coupl of years y t. "Thet have been call for mot films to b mad acce s bli fo th h ar ng- impai d, but wh n tim n mo j put into this, few bothj to turn up for the screenings. hearing-impaired have only themselves to blam ." d SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvjr'nmt ReligionP713 CEJFAX 713 San 8 Jun 23:03/31 READHEAR WRITE HEAR .% .%/, /,$ /1 £ ER M A RAMSAY OF EDINBURGH and ALL videos and CD-Toms captioned. "Yet, while I acc pt some pj onal responsibilit= tg pressurise vhe powrt1 that be to provide these, surely thu ultimate responsubilitz is THEIRS. "this is 1996 and sjzvicu provhdjt; have a moral DUTY to ensure equal access to all. "It is outtagjwus that some TV and video companies STILL refuse to caption and subtitle their output - Mrs Dougall is totally wrong in hj attitud ." ,,, ,, , ,,, , , ,, , ,,, , SubtitlesvCmntwJnfouEnvjt'nmt ReligionP713 CJEFAX 713 Sat 8 Jun 23:06/32 READHEAR WRITE HEAR EDITOR'S NOTE "Read Hear has received a n5mbet of litters responding to Mrs Dougall's comments about subthtling provision. "Son of th are on th pr vious pages and the others will be in the next edition of Read Hear, togethut with further contributions on the subject of cochlear implants. "Send your views to Read Hear, PO Box 701 Glasgow G42 9 G." Community Pages 720 Environmunt 730 Religious Wo ld 740 Use Guide 198 Subti lesvCmnt InfouEnvir' m R legion