Show I TV Sound For Deaf r A pioneer effort to bring the sound of television to deaf persons persons persons per per- sons in Utah was begun this summer by the University of oC Utah's educational television station in Salt Lake City TV began programming programming programming program program- ming for the deaf in June after several years of planning Program Program Program Pro Pro- gram Manager Byron J J. Openshaw Openshaw Openshaw Open- Open shaw said the station researched several methods of providing television entertainment before finally deciding on the one now in the use superimposition of an interpreter in a corner of the tv screen We ruled out the most obvious obvious obvious ob ob- ob- ob procedure subtitles procedure subtitles be cause the process is extremely expensive and difficult he said But using an interpreter has its difficulties too The method is complicated by the fact that not only the hands but the head shoulders and arms are used in sign language Mr Openshaw said d. THE TilE INTER INTERPRETERS INTERPRETER'S RETERS RETER'S slot which is usually located in the lower left l. l land hand nd corner of the screen is lar large larbe e enough to retain all the subtleties of sign language language language lan lan- guage without obscuring too much of the total picture inaugurated a weekly program for the deaf because in the words of Mr Openshaw this segment t of the population has been overlooked for too long Although other educational educational television operations have presented special programs for forthe forthe forthe the deaf the Utah station reasons reasons reasons rea rea- sons that deaf persons should be exposed to the same experiences experiences experiences exper exper- that hearing people are able to enjoy TilE THE OFFERINGS ada adapted teo from regular program schedule have focused on science science science ence family entertainment and even some philosophy The shows are selected for adaptation tion primarily on the basis of their talk content Mr Openshaw said early response response response re re- re- re indicates that the project project project has been successful in helping helping help help- ing to integrate the deaf into the hearing world anticipates anticipates anticipates anti anti- expanded offerings to include a wider variety of programs programs programs pro pro- grams and perhaps even a weekly news summary or interpretation interpretation interpretation inter inter- of current events |