http://nzcaptions.wordpress.com/

Dear Mr Tony O'Brien



I read above link and i am exhausted to read all the efforts - data and facts. what for?



I am Deaf.



Why all this?



I feel the same as so many thousands of Deaf people - Deaf children and students - hearing-impaired by accidents, age and diseases - children with learning disabilities and autistic children - foreigners learning to read english - people who chose to turn sound off to let others sleep. Maybe those with noisy machines would benefit watching tv with words too. Tv sets could be left on in the shop window using captions?



Frustrated. Annoyed. Very very tired of this endless lobbying that need not happen at all.



Why?



We pay taxes - GST - worked and saved for our home car and stuff.



Why didnt we get respect and dignity to be able to follow programmes - to learn (education) - to enjoy (pleasure) - to participate (to live).



It is our "Human Rights" being denied to us - not listening to us - not thinking we are capable of reading and to understand a word?. We are as educated as you are.



Why deny us the right to use the "ramp" to all tv programmes.



Why ask us what we wanted?



Would you turn the tv on without sound?



I am very very disappointed - we fought for our right to have subtitles back in 1970's ( the word first used) for 25 plus? years. Yes unbelivably cheeky of tvnz not recognising our needs. we have been explained to - "passed the buck" so many many times - trying to fool us . . . in trying to get those rightful precious words. We have told you so many times why we need those words - subtitles and captions. Are you deaf to our pleas??????



OMG. . . $88.1 million PROFIT AFTER TAX last year!!!! Need i say more?



I am so sad... i am seventy-one years old - when will i ever see our Deaf people stop lobbying? They do not need to but for your ignorance - excuses - blatant cheek not bothering to recognise our vital visual need.



I pray that your tv sound system will one day fail to make you hear?



thanks for listening to an irate and sad old lady.



patreena bryan