Technology is taking accessibility to new heights. Tens of thousands of feet in the air, that is. For the first time in inflight entertainment, LiveTV has announced that closed captioning will be available for live television content viewed by passengers onboard an airplane.
For many years, LiveTV has provided connectivity systems and entertainment options aboard aircraft [...]
While many legislative changes and technological improvements have recently improvement media accessibility for the hard of hearing community in the United States, a current mandate is also providing a similar victory for the visually impaired. As part of the 21st CVAA, rules that were originally established in 2000 have been reinstated concerning video description services [...]
Much progress has been made in recent months regarding accessibility and closed captioning of television content on the Internet. In July, the FCC’s Video Programming Accessibility Advisory Committee released a report that established a six month timeframe for the new rules that require captions on the Internet.
In short, the FCC must release advanced rules for [...]
Last week, both Netflix and CNN felt the impact of their lack of captioning, when activist groups brought lawsuits claiming discrimination. It’s a lesson all content providers, both large and small, could learn from.
On June 15, a class-action suit was brought against Time Warner in Alameda, CA. The next day, the National Association of the [...]
Earlier this month, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) announced that it is making its closed captioning standard for online video content available absolutely free of charge. While SMPTE typically sells its standards, the organization has notably released this standard for free in an effort to “accelerate the availability of online video [...]
What if you had access to millions of exciting images, but had no way of knowing what the images meant? That’s the situation many Americans face when they have a hearing loss and encounter uncaptioned video. It’s pretty frustrating to be shut out of such a major part of our culture.
The 21st Century Communications and [...]
This year, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the “Americans with Disabilities Act,” landmark legislation that made the world much friendlier for a large portion of our population.
People who live with challenges appreciate the ADA every day, but this anniversary was special, because it also marked the passage of another important piece of legislation.
On July [...]
Technology is a beautiful thing. It has brought us space travel, the artificial heart and instant access to information. Still, it has its drawbacks. Hard as we might try, technology just isn’t the same as a human touch.
Let’s say you work for years and your company invest lots of money to take a spark of [...]
Closed captioning has become such an integral part of the American communications landscape that it appears in everything from children’s educational programming to sporting events. Since it’s important for hearing-impaired individuals to have access to those sorts of programs, why not religious programming also?
Sometimes faith-based organizations are strapped for cash and so they put captioning [...]
Many people associate captioning only with the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. It’s true that millions of Americans depend on captions for news and entertainment, but the benefits of captioning extend far beyond.
Captions are also widely used in public places where noise or other distractions make them a welcome addition. Health clubs, restaurants, bars and airports [...]
