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How can I make my church accessible for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing?
In the United States, roughly one in five people has hearing loss. Is your church effectively ministering to the Deaf and hard of hearing? What more could be done to welcome everyone? Let’s begin by outlining how to discuss these issues respectfully, using vocabulary...
Don’t Leave the Hard of Hearing Behind! Try this instead.
Who are the most overlooked people with disabilities in the church today? According to one Pastor to the Deaf, it's the hard of hearing.As faithful churchgoers age, many experience hearing loss that disconnects them from their community. And as one hard-of-hearing...
Translate presentation slides on demand
Now attendees of lectures, sermons, and other presentations can easily read slides in their native language from the convenience of their mobile device. Spf.io, a real-time translation software for live events, announced a new feature that lets presenters upload slides and automatically translate them into more than 60 languages on demand. Audience members can seamlessly follow along with the presentation and see the slides in the language of their choice.
Need a Conference Translation App? Why the Web Might be Better.
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably concluded that your conference translation needs can best be met by software, not expensive hardware. What many don’t realize is that a conference translation app isn’t the only option. In fact, most conferences may find...
Who is your neighbor? One easy tool to find out.
Who is your neighbor?
Do you know who lives in your neighborhood?
It’s easy to follow your routine and see the same people day in and day out without really knowing the diverse people that call your city home.
In this article, we’ll teach you how to use Statistical Atlas and US Census data to research your neighborhood.
3 Trust Builders for Multilingual Communities
Here are three trust builders you can use to start or deepen multicultural/multilingual relationships. You can also read about the three trust barriers in our previous post.
Trust Builder #1: Eat & Have Fun Together
3 Trust Barriers to Multilingual Community
Multilingual communities are hard to create and sustain.
Modern examples tend to be driven by money and power: multinational corporations, international organizations (like the UN) and governments with multiple national languages (like India, Singapore or Canada). What’s at stake is important enough to warrant the expensive translation infrastructure it takes to sustain the multilingual organization.
But what about everywhere else?
Spf.io March 2019 Release Updates
This month we pushed out a bunch of updates to spf.io. The biggest change was an overhauled projector controller experience. It's a streamlined design that enable users to control the projector display easily (even on mobile!). Here's the full list of updates:...
Found in translation: How spf.io helped a wedding accessibility need
By Lie Shia Ong-Sintzel I’m what you call an “ABC.” If you’ve read the popular book “Crazy Rich Asians” or watched the movie adaption of it, you know that stands for “American-born Chinese.” As I was growing up, my immigrant parents instilled in me the...
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