And speaking of relay services: If you hack Sprint’s astonishingly-noncompliant site, you can eventually watch ASL videos explaining the IP-relay process. It’s a rare case of subtitled online video: There’s no speech, only sign.
Now, what happens if you’re a woman and want a female relay operator? Let the nebbishy pipsqueak male actor fill you in!
And as a public service, here’s the full list of QuickTime videos, including one they don’t want you to see.
- Introduction
- Dialing Instruction
- Number to Dial
- Language Preference
- Connect to Relay Operator
- Connect to Customer Service
- Copy and Paste
- ASL Emoticons
- Background Color
- Clear
- Disconnect
- GA, SK and PLS HOLD
- Print
- Save
- Text Size and Color
The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2004.04.23 08:00. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is:
http://blog.fawny.org/2004/04/23/relay-grrrlz/
