The Deaf Community is Making Virtual News
Posted on 15 June 2007, at 5:28 pm, by Judie Lipsett
On the heels of my post the other day about about Camfrog, I received information from Susie of Deafeatures Limited, which hosts a site called VeeSee. VeeSee is a collection of videos, tutorials, community, chat, and news for the deaf community and those interested. There are even tutorials on British Sign Language�for the hearing, so that they will feel comfortable when meeting and chatting with the deaf.
Among all of the site’s other features, I thought it was pretty cool that VeeSee has started a project to collect the signed phrase “I Love You”�in video from�all across the globe. It stands to reason that for every language with a different way of expressing the phrase there would be more than a few different ways to sign it; VeeSee is going to find out. 
You can read the full press release after the jump…
The Deaf Community has brought a whole new meaning to Cyber Space courtesy of Deafeatures Limited who have launched the first Virtual Deaf Community, allowing deaf people to chat, debate, read the news, teach, set up their own business or just sit down and watch a bit of television! All of this from one platform a website called www.veesee.co.uk. Specialists working in the field of deafness, or people interested in learning another language like British Sign Language will be able to learn deaf awareness and sign language from skilled deaf professionals on-line 24/7 and can be accessed from any internet-ready PC.
VeeSee was conceived in order to bring the deaf community together in a new and innovative way that allows people to build a business from the Buy and Sell Section, be supported by Deafeatures to create teaching packages to sell on-line via the See and Learn platform, offering filming and editing support with subtitling and voice-over to ensure access for the hearing audience too. The home page offers regular fresh deaf and hearing News items in British Sign Language, Eyebytes offering relevant community information. VeeSee Community section offers deaf people the chance to hang out together, write blogs and vlogs they can upload as well as pictures and chat in sign language via webcams. Last but not least is VeeSee TV. This IPTV Channel has a mini-player on the VeeSee website, can be seen via www.viewtv.co.uk and via a Set Top Box that plugs in to you normal television and can be purchased via VeeSee. Its content will be global deaf artists and programmes for a global deaf community audience. Viewers of VeeSee are invited to send in their own contributions to the website news and TV programme slots. If you would like to send in any video material, please send it in to VeeSee in .AVI, or .WMV format to: Deafeatures Limited, P.O. Box 119, Princes Risborough, Bucks. HP27 9WW.
Founder Susan Grant says this website will transform how the world sees deaf people just for who they are skilled, knowledgeable and talented people.
So take a look today whether you want to see some deaf television, learn sign language on-line, buy a painting by a deaf artist, or just hang out with friends in sign this is the place for you. Catch up with deaf news today on VeeSee.co.uk.
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