Author Archives: Don Groff
October Meeting – Hamilto Captel
Cheryl Deitz, Hamilton Outreach Coordinator will speak at our October 2 meeting. Her presentation will include Overview of Relay TRS versus Captioned STS, HCO, VCO Types of phones Captioning for Cell Phone, Smartphone, PC, laptop or tablet Changes and upgrades … Continue reading
September 2017 Meeting – Update
The chapter started the new year with 10 attendees in a round table format. There were many items on the agenda: Officers: Don Groff will serve a third year as President Andy Walker will continue as Vice-President, and Elaine Goldberg … Continue reading
2017 HLAA-PA Picnic : Update
The weather was close to picnic-perfect for this event, and there were 22 attendees. Most were from the MontCo chapter, but we were happy to welcome a few people from other chapters. There was plenty to eat and drink. A … Continue reading
2017 HLAA-PA Picnic
Once again MontCo HLAA invites area HLAA members, family and friends to a picnic at Fort Washington State Park this year on Sunday July 16. This is a great spot, a mile or so from the Fort Washington exit of … Continue reading
June Meeting – Emergency Preparedness – Recap
Tim Elbertson, Community Outreach Coordinator of the Montgomery County Department of Public Safety spoke to the chapter about dealing with a wide variety of emergency situations. Montgomery County’s 911 office handles 900,000 calls a year, and now can handle text … Continue reading
May Meeting – Biogerontology – Recap
Glenda Bilder spoke about biogerontology, Dr. Bilder teaches a course on The Biology of Aging. at Gwynedd Mercy University, and has written a textbook on the topic. Topics included: Fundamental understanding of why and how we age. What can be … Continue reading
April Meeting – CaptionCall – Update
Wendy Davis, CaptionCall Account Manager, spoke about the Federally-funded captioning phone service established under the ADA. She demonstrated captioning on both the CaptionCall phone and CaptionCall Mobile on an iPad, and answered a wide-ranging variety of questions about the service. … Continue reading
