Uber app helps riders learn ASL to communicate with deaf drivers

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tasha Lemke says it’s not so hard communicating with her passengers.
She’s deaf and she’s driven for Uber over the last year and a half. She said living in Austin makes driver and rider communication easier.
“I don’t feel like there are really any barriers,” she said.
Austin has a rather large deaf community. She said more deaf people drive for Uber than people probably realize.
She says there may at times be some initial awkwardness when