SabaLive

Since the very beginning that I’ve created this media to encourage Thai society under #SabaLive, there is one thing I still cannot make it, helping the hearing impairment people to reach our work. This problem has been in my mind for a long time. Tomorrow night there will be quite a special SabaLive as it will be the first test for my newest project #LiveAutoCaption (real-time subtitle) and I’d like to invite all of you joining the test and having fun with us! Because Accessibility Is Freedom, and I want you to hear!

Tonight 7pm Bangkok time, we’re going to talk to our friends around the world regarding to the coronavirus situation. We’ve many friends, it will take 2-3 ep, tonight is the first one. Who are our friends for tonight.

การเดินทาง เราได้เห็นสิ่งที่แตกต่าง การเดินทาง เราได้รับประสบการณ์ใหม่ๆ การเดินทาง เราได้เกิดความรู้   แค่จองที่พักก็สนุกแล้วว วว วว ว   พบกับซีรีส์การเดินทางไปญี่ปุ่นในแบบฉบับของพี่ซาบะ มาร่วมเดินทางไปด้วยกันครับ    

Featuring with our guests from all around the world: – Khun Awn, our lead fundraiser (from Australia) – Khun Joom, Director-General of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (from Bangkok) – Khun Andrew Biggs (from Bangkok) – Khun Lauren Avery, Saba’s Angle (from the UK) – Khun Michael Yon, a journalist (from Hong Kong)

Heard clearly and loudly during #SabaLive on the footpath at Sukhumvit 101. During the live at 12:00 minutes, there was a foreigner jumping to tell the cold truth about the footpath (Link: https://www.facebook.com/AccessibilityIsFreedom/videos/431291530987334/?t=690)) “This is fucking stupid!!” As a host, I totally felt embarrassed. Disappeared when construction is misbehaved. The existing one is also far from good standard. The work process of the civil servants is extremely slow. Poor coordination among the related departments. What do these indicators tell us? Do you feel embarrassed? Do you hurt? Do you feel you can’t breathe properly? Please remind yourself to keep an …

We have intensely moved on the right way, since before the beginning of this year, under a project, SabaMedia. During the past two months, we have worked so hard and gained valuable experiences, though with limitations. We are ambitious to keep the channel in constant improvement with our best effort. To go for outdoor live streaming, I wish the quality of the content produced would be as grand as in Saba Studio. This is my standard I set it so high which unfortunately forced me to bring nearly all my stuff accompanying every time I went for fieldwork, just a …

BTS Sam-rong Station Bangkok, Thailand. BTS Sam-rong station, the metro electric train has just recently opened for service. After 3 years of intensive collaboration a group of activists had provided to authorities who were in charge of this project. I’m going to have a deliberate look on it with firsthand experience. To see whether is there any improved accessibility comparing to the old layout & design.

The present for Thailand, we will move even stronger… “We got our law clearly defined, the priority parking spaces and accessible facilities still not properly setup as it should be. If there is any places, in 2018 WE WILL SUE YOU ALL!!”

After an intensive of SabaLive work, here are the main points I would like to highlight;

It was a splendid field work to see what was really happening in our real life. We intended to do it without any advance preparation. We wanted to make it real, natural, and authentic as much as possible. So, its outcome was typically what we’re facing in our society. It showed urban outlook in the sense of accessibility and social perspective toward priority parking, as well as PWDs.