'Subtitles should be accessible for everyone, but it's not the best option. And why should members of the deaf community not be given the best option?”
Luckily, one woman went viral, collecting over 500k views after answering Elon Musk’s tweet explaining the point of importance of sign language in videos despite having subtitles. Woman shares that although subtitles should be available for everyone, for deaf people, it’s not the best option, after Elon Musk tweets asking what’s the point of sign language, who went online explaining the importance of sign language to hearing people.
Folks in the comments thanked the creator for the explanation as many of them had no idea about all of this. “I had no idea either. Honestly I used to think it was odd to see both too. This is really interesting. Thank you,” one user wrote.
Ahmed emphasized that the same applies for those who are Deaf and predominantly communicate in sign language. They may be able to read subtitles and generally understand it, but for many of them, they understand better when watching sign language interpretation in the media.“They can also FEEL the media content better when it’s entertainment like a movie, because they are able to be part of the experience.” Ahmed noted that if sign language is their main language, that should be respected.
“The most obvious real-life examples would be for those that are in life and death situations,” he shared. “For example, there has been widespread anger during the height of COVID where public information about health and safety were provided to everybody apart from those who are Deaf and communicate in sign language.
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