Wireless RERC - Captioning

Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is Hiring

mz22 — Thu, 05 May 2016 20:53:41 +0000

Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (TDI) is seeking to hire for the position: Product Manager, Speech-to-Text Captioning Project. TDI is seeking a talented and versatile professional for the position of Product Manager for its soon-to-be developed, Speech-to-Text Captioning/Caption Correction, a two-year long grant project. Responsibilities include: surveying, accessing, preparing forecasts and analyses, planning, introducing, and marketing/developing the new product while maintaining professional and technical knowledge. Qualifications: Master’s degree is preferred, 3 years job related work experience, knowledge of technology, knowledge of disability access, successful experience in grant writing and project management, and a proven network of contacts and relationships with community leaders and service providers. For more information visit the TDI Website. The salary range for this position is $70,000-$85,000, depending on education and experience. TDI is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. All applicants must submit a cover letter and resume electronically, which includes a list of at least three professional references and compensation requirements via email to TDI Executive Director Claude Stout at cstout@tdiforaccess.org. APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5 P.M. ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSE OF DAY, May 25, 2016.

Closed Captioned Movies for Theaters and In-Flight Entertainment

mz22 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:41:04 +0000

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

March 2013 — In March, U.S. Senator Tom Harkins (D-Iowa) introduced two bills to Congress that would expand the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to provide closed captioning on movies shown in movie theaters and on all airplanes. The purpose of the bills is to improve the accessibility of movies to individuals with disabilities. The Cinema Act [S.555.IS] would require that all movie theaters with two or more theaters or screening rooms showing copyrighted motion pictures provide captioning and video description. The second bill, the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act [S.556.IS] provides captioning and video description on entertainment programming offered by air carriers on all passenger flights, including any foreign air carriers.

Captioning Complaints Against Amazon

mz22 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:13:57 +0000

FCC Internet Protocol (IP) closed captioning rules (47 C.F.R. § 79.4)

Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA)

Captioning

Hearing Loss

Consumer Groups Complaint

December 2012 - At the end of December, several disability organizations, referred to collectively as the “Consumer Groups,” filed an informal complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) alleging that Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon) repeatedly violated the FCC Internet Protocol (IP) closed captioning rules, 47 C.F.R. § 79.4. Under the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) enacted in 2010, television shows and videos available online are required to provide captions and increase accessibility for all individuals, including those with disabilities. The Consumer Groups allege that Amazon fails to meet this responsibility, as it “does not caption programs in a timely manner after posting the videos.” The Groups recommend that the Commission enforce the maximum penalty on Amazon and require Amazon to comply immediately with IP closed captioning rules.

YouTube Captioning in Six More Languages

mz22 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:56:34 +0000

November 28, 2012—YouTube announced that automatic captioning will be available for YouTube videos in six languages: German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Dutch. This is in addition to the closed captioning already provided for English, Japanese, Korean and Spanish videos. YouTube acknowledges that there will be some errors with automatic captioning but that there are tools the content creators can use to improve the quality of their captions. YouTube noted that there are approximately “200 million videos with automatic and human-created captions on YouTube, and [we] continue to add more each day to make YouTube accessible for all.”