On Feb. 18, Davis Wright Tremaine, a legal services firm based in Seattle, Wash., commented on where the responsibility lies for the FCC’s closed captioning…
Posts tagged as “Captioning”
For most people, the only stress associated with the Super Bowl is whether their team wins or loses. However, for Paula Arispe, RPR, Octavia Brandenburg,…
The Texas Association of Broadcasters reported on Feb. 8 that the Federal Communications Commission has upheld its denial of a San Antonio church’s exemption request…
In 2014, a coalition of concerned citizens called Portland: Turn on the Captions Now brought the issue of local businesses not turning the captions on…
The Hearing Loss Association of America – Kansas City Chapter has launched the Kansas: Open Caption Initiatives and Kansas: Turn On the TV Captions Now…
In a press release issued Jan. 26, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), a non-profit civil rights organization, announced that it has partnered with…
On Jan. 26, the Broadcasting Accessibility Fund announced that it will award $723,500 in grants to seven innovative projects designed to advance accessibility to broadcasting content…
An article posted Jan. 22 on Microsoft’s Accessibility Blog reported that on Jan. 8, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences held the 67th…
On Jan. 21, North Carolina State University posted on its blog that it has established a captioning grant to assist faculty in creating accessible videos.…
An article posted Dec. 16 by Smithsonian.com tracks the story of how a 17-year-old named Daniil Frants, and his team, was inspired to design closed-captioning…
Whether attending the live workshop at the annual convention or taking the e-seminar now available for the new Certified Realtime Captioner certification, NCRA members can…
KITV Island News reported on Jan. 2 that Hawaii is now the first state in the nation to provide equal access to movie theaters for people…
NCRA staff members are planning great ways for members to earn CEUs this year. NCRA members can also earn CEUs by passing the skills or…
During the November Board Meeting, the NCRA Board of Directors officially approved the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics for CART and Broadcast Captioners. The code…
On Dec. 8, Telecompaper.com reported that Brazil’s Ministry of Communications has established that, by 2017, all programming broadcast by free-to-air channels must include closed captioning…
If preparation is key to building great realtime, how does a captioner provide great captions without much information? By Megan Rogers Prepping for a captioning…
KPTV-KPDX Broadcasting Corp., Portland, Ore., reported on Nov. 18 that an ordinance unanimously passed by the city council requiring closed captioning to be turned on…
A guest blog posted on Nov. 19 by Broadcasting & Cable addresses the recent closed captioning requirements for broadcasters and cable operators issued by the…
On Oct. 27, Darlene Parker, RPR, the director of steno captioning and realtime relations at the National Captioning Institute, guided a few NCRA staff members…