RantWoman emphatically does not want to detract from the solemnity of tdays remembrances for murdered Metro bus driver Shawn Yim.
TL:DR Bus drivers sees is a continuing and worseniing public safety problem; redesigning buses would help a lot.
RantWoman has absolutely no problem with Metro alerts that reported that at times only 85 % of the network or even 80% of the network routes.
RantWoman found this 3-hour video and may or may not look for clips from all the extremely moving remembrances and calls to action she heard when she tuned in.
Instead, below the video, RantWoman is going to make some feeble attempts at audio description script and comment about one other #accessibility issue.
Task one:
attempts at meaningful audio description
(Please note: RantWoman knows at least one blind transit nerd who can probably identify by sound many of the vehicle models on the road. RantWoman is not that sonically adept.)
LOTS of visuals of buses either in motion, along the procession route or parked en masse all over the Lumen Center Parking lot and for blocks around the area.
Many of the participating buses had set their reader boards especially for the occasion: Shawn Ym and his radio call number 21882, Central Base, Atlantic Base, Ryerson Base, Pierce Transit, Community Transit, Vancouver Metro, TriMet, BC Transit.... Some just said "To Terminal"
Also present: paratransit vehicles, Bus-sized tow trucks and other vehicles RantWoman could not identify.
Actual indoor observance starts about 1:50: Bagpipes, large white floral arrangement, big smiling face of Shawn Yim on a screen with an even bigger ATU logo behind hiem
International ATU president: John Costa: "Who moves this city. We move this city."
LOTS of people in transit uniforms, hi vis safety gear, police...and just regular rain gear.
Task two: yell about #ASL interpretation.
WHY the ... was there no ASL interpretation of the main speakers? RantWoman has no idea whether there was ASL interpretation in the room but RantWoman always considers it really on point to do camera work so that the ASL interpretation can be seen in frame with the speaker. RantWoman is not a camera operator. RantWoman does not hesitate just to say "Make it so."
Please note: maybe there is expectation that autotext will be sufficient. RantWoman never makes that assumption. In fact, beyond noting the lack of visible #ASL interpretation in the streams RantWoman saw, RantWoman is reluctant to speak on behalf of #deaf and hearing-impaired transit riders
Rwmember Mark McLaughlin too.
Maybe RantWoman will be able to say more soon.
No comments:
Post a Comment