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Deaf and hard-of-hearing students will have access to the latest captioning and speech-to-print technology this fall, thanks to a $242,000 grant from The Charles A. Cannon Charitable Trusts. The grant provides funding for assistive learning devices and learning software, a captioning studio and training for faculty and staff.
Dr. Wayne Powell, president of the college, said: “This grant from The Cannon Charitable Trusts solidifies Lenoir-Rhyne’s position as the nation’s leader in providing simultaneous academic programming in deaf education and support for hard-of-hearing students. We are extremely pleased that Cannon has provided this substantial support to our students.”
Joe Hunter, secretary of The Cannon Trusts, said, “The trustees believed that this request was an opportunity to enhance the already successful mission of Lenoir-Rhyne in a significant and meaningful way.”
Bob and Sandra Shealy, parents of deaf student Parker Greene, said: “The new technology is a huge step in leveling the communication gap for our daughter and all the deaf and hearing-impaired students. The real-time captioning will be instrumental in integrating the deaf and hearing-impaired students into the totality of the college experience and campus life.”
The captioning technology will provide real-time transcription of speech onto large screens located in such public areas as P.E. Monroe Auditorium and the Belk Centrum. The technology will also assist those members of the community with hearing loss.
A C-Print Program, a computer-assisted speech-to-print program, will help hard-of-hearing students who do not use sign language. Developed at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in New York, the program allows a captionist to transcribe a professor’s lecture and student comments on a laptop that will simultaneously display on laptops for the deaf and hard of hearing. The technology provides improved communication access and better in-class notes for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
Currently, sign language is used to interpret classes and activities, and student volunteers take notes during classes.
Additionally, the grant provides software for several assistive learning devices. Voice recognition software allows professor/student interaction outside the classroom without the aid of an interpreter. This technology has also proven beneficial for students with learning disabilities. Other assistive learning devices help students improve their reading speed and comprehension.
Assistive listening devices will benefit the hard of hearing. Headphones for those with hearing loss will also be available for community members attending college events.
Six members of the L-R faculty and/or staff will be trained to operate the new technologies. Students majoring in deaf education, early intervention for the deaf and hard of hearing, and communication will also benefit from exposure to these technologies.
In addition, a captioning studio that can turn any video or DVD into a closed-captioned version is planned. Captioning offers students fuller and fairer access to information on videos. Additionally, captioning will benefit students with learning disabilities and those whose second language is English.
Since the 1970s, the college has been a beneficiary of The Cannon Trusts’ philanthropy.
For more information about the support services for deaf/hard-of-hearing program at Lenoir-Rhyne, contact Shawn Frank, director, at 828-328-7298 or visit the Web site.
Deaf and hard-of-hearing students will have access to the latest captioning and speech-to-print technology this fall, thanks to a $242,000 grant from The Charles A. Cannon Charitable Trusts. The grant provides funding for assistive learning devices and learning software, a captioning studio and training for faculty and staff.
Dr. Wayne Powell, president of the college, said: “This grant from The Cannon Charitable Trusts solidifies Lenoir-Rhyne’s position as the nation’s leader in providing simultaneous academic programming in deaf education and support for hard-of-hearing students. We are extremely pleased that Cannon has provided this substantial support to our students.”
Joe Hunter, secretary of The Cannon Trusts, said, “The trustees believed that this request was an opportunity to enhance the already successful mission of Lenoir-Rhyne in a significant and meaningful way.”
Bob and Sandra Shealy, parents of deaf student Parker Greene, said: “The new technology is a huge step in leveling the communication gap for our daughter and all the deaf and hearing-impaired students. The real-time captioning will be instrumental in integrating the deaf and hearing-impaired students into the totality of the college experience and campus life.”
The captioning technology will provide real-time transcription of speech onto large screens located in such public areas as P.E. Monroe Auditorium and the Belk Centrum. The technology will also assist those members of the community with hearing loss.
A C-Print Program, a computer-assisted speech-to-print program, will help hard-of-hearing students who do not use sign language. Developed at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in New York, the program allows a captionist to transcribe a professor’s lecture and student comments on a laptop that will simultaneously display on laptops for the deaf and hard of hearing. The technology provides improved communication access and better in-class notes for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
Currently, sign language is used to interpret classes and activities, and student volunteers take notes during classes.
Additionally, the grant provides software for several assistive learning devices. Voice recognition software allows professor/student interaction outside the classroom without the aid of an interpreter. This technology has also proven beneficial for students with learning disabilities. Other assistive learning devices help students improve their reading speed and comprehension.
Assistive listening devices will benefit the hard of hearing. Headphones for those with hearing loss will also be available for community members attending college events.
Six members of the L-R faculty and/or staff will be trained to operate the new technologies. Students majoring in deaf education, early intervention for the deaf and hard of hearing, and communication will also benefit from exposure to these technologies.
In addition, a captioning studio that can turn any video or DVD into a closed-captioned version is planned. Captioning offers students fuller and fairer access to information on videos. Additionally, captioning will benefit students with learning disabilities and those whose second language is English.
Since the 1970s, the college has been a beneficiary of The Cannon Trusts’ philanthropy.
For more information about the support services for deaf/hard-of-hearing program at Lenoir-Rhyne, contact Shawn Frank, director, at 828-328-7298 or visit the Web site.