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It is my greatest delight to share my e-mail correspondence with Glenn Lockhart, Corporate Communications of Viable, Inc., and Mr. Lockhart took away from his incredibly busy time to answer my questions, and adding more information for all of you to learn about this revolutionary product, the world’s first portable and wireless videophone, VPAD! I contacted Viable congratulating for their […]

Everyone is going wild over the newest product created by Viable, Inc., founded by John Yeh. The newest product is videophone, called VPAD, which is a portable, compact and most importantly, wireless (WiFi) videophone! I found TWO short videoclips on VPAD on YouTube, and you’ll like to see them yourself. My gosh, can you see how compact is that? Touch […]

Check this link that was recently released called VPAD, the new videophone by Viable, Inc. Viable’s VPAD This link comes with the product’s specifications, and a great flash video demonstration! Go and look! Wait! Oh my gawd, I got this email from Glenn Lockhart, Corporate Communications (PR Guy) of Viable, Inc., that he took the picture of VPAD at Las […]

Amy Cohen Efron shares her thoughts about her most precious possession, school yearbooks. [div hVlog style=”text-align: left”] [vPIP class=”hVlogTarget” type=”video/quicktime” onclick=”vPIPPlay(this, ‘name=qt’, ”, ”); return false;”] [vPIP type=”video/quicktime” onclick=”vPIPPlay(this, ‘name=qt’, ”, ”); return false;”] Play Quicktime version 3.45 minutes long [/div] For whom who cannot view this, can watch via YouTube below: [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/v6YklvfCOoc" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] I added […]

Amy Cohen Efron shares her opinion about the rising popularity of “ASL Music” throughout the blog/vlogosphere. “ASL Music” is considered as an oxymoron itself! Ain’t that funny? I have been watching several people using ASL to translate lyrical songs sung by famous singers or lyrics from well known songs. The idea of translating lyrical songs with American Sign Language is […]

Amy Cohen Efron honors Marcel Marceau, 84, the world’s famous mime performer passed away on Saturday night in France. Marceau was considered as “the master” with the rare gift of “being able to communicate with each and everyone beyond the barriers of language.” This statement is very true for me personally. Watch how Amy shared her personal story about Marcel […]

Amy Cohen Efron discusses about ‘name-dropping’ among Deaf people in social situations. Amy wondered if ‘name-dropping’ is the same with the hearing people? Find out what Amy learned… [div hVlog style=”text-align: center”] [vPIP class=”hVlogTarget” type=”video/quicktime” onclick=”vPIPPlay(this, ‘name=qt’, ”, ”); return false;”] [vPIP type=”video/quicktime” onclick=”vPIPPlay(this, ‘name=qt’, ”, ”); return false;”] Play Quicktime version 2:05 minutes long [/div] For some people who […]

Whoa — is that interesting? One commenter pinpointed me to the specific website. The link is: NECA.org and I did little bit more digging (what else is new, eh?) and whoa… fascinating website. It is NECA, also known as National Exchange Carrier Association. Let me explain little bit about NECA, and what are their responsibilities. In 1983, The Federal Communications […]

Just recently, I got this video-mail from Sorenson Video Relay Service, pleading us for help. Sorenson VRS wants us to let FCC know not to cut down the rates which may significantly impact the quality of their VRS services. Initially, I am impressed how Sorenson made an effort to create this 3 to 4-min video clip and made LOTS of […]

Amy Cohen Efron tells a story about the famous “Blue Book” from American School for the Deaf. The “Blue Book” is titled A Dictionary of Idioms for the Deaf by Maxine Tull Boatner and John Edward Gates, and it was widely used in deaf education. ASD published and copyrighted this book in 1966, and reprinted by National Association of the […]