On March 15, Adam Finkel, NCRA Director of Government Relations, submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission in response to a report filed by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. NCRA’s comments corrected an assumption that there are not enough captioners to cover media markets outside of the top 25. Among other points, Finkel pointed out the availability of training (including NCRA’s new Certified Realtime Captioner certification) and that some captioners are unable to accept work despite being qualified due to the inconsistent transition between POTS lines and the IP lines. “Like the consumer groups and NAB, NCRA shares the goal of ensuring high-quality captioning,” Finkel stated in the comments.
