Deaf culture in the United States

AI Transcription Leader Verbit Becomes a Unicorn Following $157 Million in Series D Funding

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021
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NEW YORK, June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Verbit , the world's largest AI-powered transcription and captioning platform, today announced it has secured $157 million in Series D funding, giving the company a unicorn valuation of over $1 billion only four years after its inception.

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  • NEW YORK, June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Verbit , the world's largest AI-powered transcription and captioning platform, today announced it has secured $157 million in Series D funding, giving the company a unicorn valuation of over $1 billion only four years after its inception.
  • Verbit's total funding now exceeds $250 million, including debt financing from the Silicon Valley Bank.
  • Following its recent acquisition of VITAC , the largest provider of captioning products and solutions in the U.S., Verbit is the No.
  • With 6x year-over-year revenue growth and close to $100 million in annual recurring revenue, Verbit continues to expand into new verticals at a hyper-growth pace.

Gallaudet University Awarded $2 Million USAID Grant to Advance Education and Employment Opportunities for Deaf Children and Youth in Nigeria

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Thursday, June 3, 2021
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With this grant, Gallaudet University along with its partners, the Nigerian National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) and Wesley University, Ondo are launching the Deaf-E project.

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  • With this grant, Gallaudet University along with its partners, the Nigerian National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) and Wesley University, Ondo are launching the Deaf-E project.
  • According to Dr. Khadijat K. Rashid, Interim Dean of the Faculty at Gallaudet, "Dr. Agboola wanted to bring Gallaudet home to Nigeria, and Deaf-E fulfills that wish."
  • We expect this project to have a long-term, positive impact on the Nigerian deaf community's education, empowerment, and employment."
  • It also conducts research in many fields, including education, linguistics, psychology, educational neuroscience, deaf history and culture, and Black deaf history and culture.

Gallaudet University Launches New Guides in Apple Maps; New Guides Connect the Deaf Community to the Global Signing Ecosystem

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021
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"We are especially delighted to debut our first four guides here in Washington, D.C., where we have a thriving Deaf economy.

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  • "We are especially delighted to debut our first four guides here in Washington, D.C., where we have a thriving Deaf economy.
  • The global signing ecosystem is a vast and powerful engine driving economies, innovation and entrepreneurship.
  • Curation of guides, present and future, will be driven by criteria that qualify locations and businesses to be part of the Signing Ecosystem.
  • Over time, Gallaudet plans to expand its reach to all 50 states and showcase the evolving Signing Ecosystem nationally and internationally.

Captionmax Acquires National Captioning Canada to Grow Media Accessibility Services

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Thursday, April 29, 2021
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b'MINNEAPOLIS, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Captionmax LLC (Captionmax) acquired Calgary, Alberta-based National Captioning Canada (NCC) on March 1, 2021.

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  • b'MINNEAPOLIS, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Captionmax LLC (Captionmax) acquired Calgary, Alberta-based National Captioning Canada (NCC) on March 1, 2021.
  • All staff across both organizations will remain as part of the acquisition.\nCaptionmax LLC (Captionmax) acquired Calgary, Alberta-based National Captioning Canada (NCC) on March 1, 2021.\nCaptionmax began operating in 1993 by offering pre-recorded captioning services to the media and entertainment industry.
  • Captionmax employs over 190 people throughout the U.S. and Canada.\nNCC was the pioneer in live closed captioning in Canada and is the largest provider of real-time captioning services based in Canada.
  • With its partner, National Captioning Canada, the company is one of the largest captioning companies in North America.\nFounded in 1988, National Captioning Canada (NCC) is the largest media accessibility company in Canada, working with all major Canadian broadcasters.

Celerant Technology® is now the Preferred Point of Sale and eCommerce Provider for the National Bicycle Dealers Association™

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021
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b'STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Celerant Technology , a leading provider of innovative retail solutions, is now the preferred point of sale and eCommerce software provider for the National Bicycle Dealers Association (NBDA), a non-profit organization supported by the membership of participating retailers and partners in the bicycle retail industry.

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  • b'STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Celerant Technology , a leading provider of innovative retail solutions, is now the preferred point of sale and eCommerce software provider for the National Bicycle Dealers Association (NBDA), a non-profit organization supported by the membership of participating retailers and partners in the bicycle retail industry.
  • Through the partnership, NBDA members can strengthen and grow their retail businesses in store and online by leveraging Celerant\'s modern retail technology, third-party industry integrations and expert advice.\n"The National Bicycle Dealers Association is thrilled to welcome Celerant Technology to our Association.
  • "Meeting customers in the new now is challenging; we feel that Celerant allows for ease and manageability in an all-encompassing package.
  • To learn more, visit http://www.celerant.com/nbda-promo .\nThe National Bicycle Dealers Association is a non-profit organization supported by the membership of participating retailers and industry partners.

CaptionSentry: An In-Depth Look into the Premier Real-Time Automated Captioning Solution from the National Captioning Institute

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Friday, April 9, 2021
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CHANTILLY, Va., April 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The National Captioning Institute (NCI) is thrilled to announcea30-minutefreewebinarexploringthe benefits ofCaptionSentry,NCI'sproprietary Automated CaptioningSolution.CaptionSentryis the premierReal-timeASR captioning service for English and Spanish programming that blendsinnovativeartificial intelligence (AI) with NCI's unparalleled humanexpertise.

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  • CHANTILLY, Va., April 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The National Captioning Institute (NCI) is thrilled to announcea30-minutefreewebinarexploringthe benefits ofCaptionSentry,NCI'sproprietary Automated CaptioningSolution.CaptionSentryis the premierReal-timeASR captioning service for English and Spanish programming that blendsinnovativeartificial intelligence (AI) with NCI's unparalleled humanexpertise.
  • Join us ThursdayApril 22, 202111:00 PST/14:00 ESTfor "CaptionSentry: An In-Depth Look into the Premier Real-Time Automated Captioning Solution from NCI.
  • About NCI:The National Captioning Institute pioneered live closed captioning for television in 1982 and now captions thousands of hours of programming each year.
  • With a highly skilled captioning staff andstate-of-the-artfacilities, NCI supplies world-class captioning, subtitling and translation, and Audio Description services for TV broadcasting, Internet, VideoOnDemand, and educational and government institutions.

D. Robert Frisina, founding director of RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, who changed the face of deaf education, has died at age 96

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The founding director of Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, D. Robert Frisina, died in Florida on Monday, March 29.

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  • ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The founding director of Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, D. Robert Frisina, died in Florida on Monday, March 29.
  • An international author and lecturer, Frisina was a visionary and a pioneer in the field of deaf education.
  • At the time he was appointed NTID director, less than 1 percent of all college-age deaf individuals were enrolled in postsecondary education.
  • Of those employed, most held unskilled or semi-skilled positions, and there were virtually no deaf people in technical or managerial positions.

Gallaudet University Regional Centers and Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind Expand Partnership, Strengthen National Network Supporting Deaf Children and Their Families

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Friday, February 19, 2021
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The four GURCs, administered by the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet (Clerc Center), comprise one of the nation's leading networks serving deaf children and their families.

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  • The four GURCs, administered by the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet (Clerc Center), comprise one of the nation's leading networks serving deaf children and their families.
  • "Gallaudet is very pleased to have this opportunity to strengthen our partnership with AIDB through collaborative work with the Clerc Center.
  • This work helps bring critically important services and resources to more deaf children and their families throughout the region.
  • "It is an honor for AIDB to serve as a host institution for the Gallaudet University Regional Center-South," said Dr. John Mascia, President of Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind.

The National Captioning Institute Offers Automated Speech Recognition (ASR) Closed Captioning Solution

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
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CHANTILLY, Va., Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The National Captioning Institute (NCI) proudly presents CaptionSentry, the premier real-time ASR captioning service for English and Spanish programming that blends cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) with NCI's unparalleled human expertise.

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  • CHANTILLY, Va., Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The National Captioning Institute (NCI) proudly presents CaptionSentry, the premier real-time ASR captioning service for English and Spanish programming that blends cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) with NCI's unparalleled human expertise.
  • As the demand for closed captioning continues to increase, clients have turned to NCI's CaptionSentry to cover hundreds of hours per month.
  • NCI continues to set itself apart by being the only company to offer a blended ASR/human captioning solution."
  • About NCI: The National Captioning Institute pioneered liveclosedcaptioning for television in 1982 and now captions thousands of hoursof programming each year.

Gallaudet University Board Appoints Darian Burwell Gambrell, Thomas Mulloy and Dr. Nicole Snell as New Trustees

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Thursday, October 22, 2020
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Gallaudet University announces the appointment of three new members to its Board of Trustees: Darian Burwell Gambrell, Thomas Mulloy and Dr. Nicole Snell.

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Gallaudet University announces the appointment of three new members to its Board of Trustees: Darian Burwell Gambrell, Thomas Mulloy and Dr. Nicole Snell.
  • "On behalf of our Board, I am very pleased to welcome these three outstanding individuals, two of whom are fellow alumni, to the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees," said Board Chair Dr. Glenn B. Anderson.
  • Gambrell, of Raleigh, North Carolina, attended Gallaudet's Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees at Gallaudet University.
  • Dr. Snell, from Phoenix, Arizona, currently teaches technical writing and communication at Arizona State University, and previously taught at Bentley University and Clemson University.