crazytechnerd
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How do they work in web company when they can't talk or hear from customer while working ... Does it requires communication skill?
Is there any deaf/hoh who works as a web developer
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US VP. Free from any VRS.
Get Macbook with dragon speech system which deaf Apple employees used.
Go on Facebook and ask.
Maybe your question should be how can hearing people communicate with you?
Get Macbook with dragon speech system which deaf Apple employees used.
Go on Facebook and ask.
Maybe your question should be how can hearing people communicate with you?
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Lots of ways-
- VRS service/VP
- Interpreters for in person meetings etc
- Pen and paper the old standby
- Whiteboard if you have them (Mine was used that way often lol)
- Boogie boards (Wish I had that in my last job, they will be used once I can get/find a new job)
- IMs/internet chat
- Email
- speech to text/text to speech. Doable in one to one - not the greatest with speech to text but workable.
- and last but not least-- work at a place with a higher percentage of deaf people (like Gallaudet or NTID to name two bigger places...)
I'm not a web developer but know at least 2 deaf who are. I'm a QA Tester.
- VRS service/VP
- Interpreters for in person meetings etc
- Pen and paper the old standby
- Whiteboard if you have them (Mine was used that way often lol)
- Boogie boards (Wish I had that in my last job, they will be used once I can get/find a new job)
- IMs/internet chat
- speech to text/text to speech. Doable in one to one - not the greatest with speech to text but workable.
- and last but not least-- work at a place with a higher percentage of deaf people (like Gallaudet or NTID to name two bigger places...)
I'm not a web developer but know at least 2 deaf who are. I'm a QA Tester.
I am a software developer where some of my work also include web development. I find IT jobs in general are deaf friendly. As long as your skill set is strong your ability to do your job is more easily proven.
I communicate almost exclusively by email and written messages. I have a captioned phone and videophone but find that I don't need to use that much. Most of my work is done on my own so it does not matter if I can't follow the chitchat which is non-work related anyway. I am fortunate that my department is small. Even in situations of large meetings there are always handouts or slides that I can follow the topics of conversations. In these larger groups, I find that few really pay attentions and it just management throwing out figures that don't matter to the day-to-day work - so no big deal if I am not getting it all. I have a good buddy that let's me know if there were any big announcements that I might have missed.
I find that if you are looking for a job, while smaller companies may have less experience with deaf employees they may be more willing to take a chance as their hiring process is usually less bureaucratic than a big company with a large HR screening processes that may screen you out before you have a chance to meet the person you would actually be working for.
I communicate almost exclusively by email and written messages. I have a captioned phone and videophone but find that I don't need to use that much. Most of my work is done on my own so it does not matter if I can't follow the chitchat which is non-work related anyway. I am fortunate that my department is small. Even in situations of large meetings there are always handouts or slides that I can follow the topics of conversations. In these larger groups, I find that few really pay attentions and it just management throwing out figures that don't matter to the day-to-day work - so no big deal if I am not getting it all. I have a good buddy that let's me know if there were any big announcements that I might have missed.
I find that if you are looking for a job, while smaller companies may have less experience with deaf employees they may be more willing to take a chance as their hiring process is usually less bureaucratic than a big company with a large HR screening processes that may screen you out before you have a chance to meet the person you would actually be working for.