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Posts tagged as “closed captioning”
A blog post on kottke.org describes the reasons an increasing number of people are using closed captioning when they watch television. Read more.
KUOW.org reported on March 26 that Seattle city council members are expected to discuss legislation that would require closed captioning to be activated on all…
The Miami Herald reported on Jan. 31, that the city of Key West, Fla., will add closed captioning to its meetings and pay $10,000 to…
Residents from Edmonds and Bellevue, Wash., who are hard of hearing are part of a class-action lawsuit against three major movie theater chains that do…
On Dec. 27, WINK News reported that a Miami-Dade County, Fla., man filed a complaint against the City of Fort Myers for failing to provide…
On Sept. 22, the Rochester Business Journal reported that the Rochester (N.Y.) City Council has approved an ordinance that will require any business that provides…
The Valley Breeze reported on June 14 that officials in Pawtucket, R.I., approved a mandate that requires closed captioning be turned on at all times…
Multichannel.com reported on May 12 that a host of groups serving the deaf and hard-of-hearing community have asked the Federal Communications Commission to make sure…
The Ledger, Memphis, Tenn., posted an article on April 20 about the need for closed captioners that features NCRA member Linda Hershey, FAPR, RDR, CRR,…
The Tampa Bay Times posted an article on Feb. 21 about how court reporter Cindy Braun, RPR, brought closed captioning into her church. Read more.
CBC News posted an article on Dec. 1 about a citizen with hearing loss advocating for the City of Greater Sudbury, Ont., to provide closed…
MyEverettNews.com, Everett, Wash., posted an article Nov. 30 announcing that the city’s council and planning commission has added closed captioning to their broadcasts on a…
An editorial posted on Nov. 1 by The Virginian Pilot addresses how important closed captioning is to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community and why there…
Hulu announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement with the National Association of the Deaf to provide closed captioning for all of its full-length…
TVTechnology.com reported on Aug. 29 that the most recently adopted closed captioning rules from the Federal Communications Commission go into effect Sept. 22. The effective…
A press release issued June 2 announced that NCRA member Constance Lee, RPR, a freelance reporter from Pittsburgh, Pa., provided closed captioning for game one…
A post on May 4 by Government Video, part of NewBay Media, features the second part of an interview with NCRA member Carol Studenmund, RDR,…
Virtual-Strategy Magazine posted a press release that Constance Lee & Company Court Reporting Service, Pittsburgh, Penn., and Spark Digital Marketing, an SEO and Web development…
News station WDRB, Louisville, Ky., aired a segment on March 8 showcasing its 10-year partnership with Norton Healthcare of providing realtime closed captioning to viewers. The…