Obama signs 21st Century Comm & Video Access Act

In the spirit of the act, lol; let's see if they can always do this.....

At any rate, there's still at least one issue with this Act but it is a happy day nevertheless....
 
Tousi said:
In the spirit of the act, lol; let's see if they can always do this.....

At any rate, there's still at least one issue with this Act but it is a happy day nevertheless....
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Can you elaborate, Tousi?
 
Beowulf said:
Can you elaborate, Tousi?
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Ok, Beo; I think I did elsewhere here. To give you an idea of how resistant these guys at every legal turn they are. This Act basically states that any TV shows that are captioned (which pretty much all are) must also be CCed on the Web. HOWEVER, if a Web-based series of "shows" develops, they, legally, don't have to CC just because they haven't yet been told they have to. :roll:
 
Tousi said:
Ok, Beo; I think I did elsewhere here. To give you an idea of how resistant these guys at every legal turn they are. This Act basically states that any TV shows that are captioned (which pretty much all are) must also be CCed on the Web. HOWEVER, if a Web-based series of "shows" develops, they, legally, don't have to CC just because they haven't yet been told they have to. :roll:
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*whoot whoot * :h5:

It's a happy day ! We still got to fight for that last bit though :( Let's hope it's a quick fight to get that ! *crosses Fingers against all odds*
 
Tousi said:
Ok, Beo; I think I did elsewhere here. To give you an idea of how resistant these guys at every legal turn they are. This Act basically states that any TV shows that are captioned (which pretty much all are) must also be CCed on the Web. HOWEVER, if a Web-based series of "shows" develops, they, legally, don't have to CC just because they haven't yet been told they have to. :roll:
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Oh, okay, I get it. I sadly shake my head at how few web-based series are captioned and throw up my hands at the quality of Audio Transcriptions. To think that I took part in a street protest against CBS when captioning first came out makes me realize we all are at still the same place, which means it is still up to US to make changes, you know? I don't see the deaf rising up en masse for this, though.
Of course I could be wrong.
 
wavedancer said:
*whoot whoot * :h5:

It's a happy day ! We still got to fight for that last bit though :( Let's hope it's a quick fight to get that ! *crosses Fingers against all odds*
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Sorry to be pessimistic but there's no such thing as a "last bit" as the deaf world has always been behind in many aspects of life and have always had to struggle/fight for that even playing field that seems to be just a few years out of reach.....
 
Beowulf said:
Oh, okay, I get it. I sadly shake my head at how few web-based series are captioned and throw up my hands at the quality of Audio Transcriptions. To think that I took part in a street protest against CBS when captioning first came out makes me realize we all are at still the same place, which means it is still up to US to make changes, you know? I don't see the deaf rising up en masse for this, though.
Of course I could be wrong.
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Yeah, there are deaf people/orgs that do, bless them.
 
Tousi said:
Sorry to be pessimistic but there's no such thing as a "last bit" as the deaf world has always been behind in many aspects of life and have always had to struggle/fight for that even playing field that seems to be just a few years out of reach.....
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Good Point. I ment "last bit you said" my bad for not being clear :S

Your right. It always seems another day, another fight, or ten struggles But we keep Doing it and hopefully it gets a bit better, day by day, person by person.

Hopefully.
 
Tousi said:
Sorry to be pessimistic but there's no such thing as a "last bit" as the deaf world has always been behind in many aspects of life and have always had to struggle/fight for that even playing field that seems to be just a few years out of reach.....
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Speaking of being behind....I noticed the same for automakers installing the voice controlled devices. I dont know what they are called but you can "talk" to your car or when you are in an accident, your car "talks" to you and calls 911 for you. Again, deaf people werent considered when these designs were created. Will that be another fight for us to fight?
 
do you suppose they will put less shows on the web result of this.

I wonder about netflix.
 
I've read parts of the bill and seen a lot of hoopla about this, but can someone explain to me what it means?

Does it mean that Netflix will now have to caption all their streaming content? Does it mean that all television shows on the internet must be captioned if they were first aired on TV, and does that cover short clips, or does it only apply to full episodes?
 
From what I read if it was captioned on the television, it's got to be captioned on the web. I hope that's correct !
 
TheWriteAlex said:
I've read parts of the bill and seen a lot of hoopla about this, but can someone explain to me what it means?

Does it mean that Netflix will now have to caption all their streaming content? Does it mean that all television shows on the internet must be captioned if they were first aired on TV, and does that cover short clips, or does it only apply to full episodes?
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Good question. I wonder that all Hollywood movies online like Netflix, Apple TV iTunes, YouTube movies, etc. should be captioned. I won't buy Apple TV and Google TV without closed captioning support.
 
shel90 said:
Speaking of being behind....I noticed the same for automakers installing the voice controlled devices. I dont know what they are called but you can "talk" to your car or when you are in an accident, your car "talks" to you and calls 911 for you. Again, deaf people werent considered when these designs were created. Will that be another fight for us to fight?
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I suppose so, Shel. I have this image in my mind of fingerspelling to my car!! :lol:
 
wavedancer said:
From what I read if it was captioned on the television, it's got to be captioned on the web. I hope that's correct !
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That's correct, wave; I was speaking about the situation being the other way around. Some day there will be a lot of programming on the Web that might not be on the TV and it won't be captioned unless these folks are mandated to. It just goes on and on.
 
Ok, folks, here's the thing: This Act will not go into effect for quite a while because the FCC now has to draw up a whole new set of regulations surrounding this.

In the meantime, keep in touch with your legislators or deaf leaders who advocate in this area to make them aware of these gaps.....
 
Tousi said:
Ok, folks, here's the thing: This Act will not go into effect for quite a while because the FCC now has to draw up a whole new set of regulations surrounding this.

In the meantime, keep in touch with your legislators or deaf leaders who advocate in this area to make them aware of these gaps.....
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How long as we talking?
 
The law sets federal guidelines that require the telecommunications industry to:

_Make getting to the Internet easier by improving the user interfaces on smart phones.

_Provide audible descriptions of on-screen action to help the blind more fully enjoy television.

_Add captions to online TV programming to help the deaf.

_Make the equipment used for Internet telephone calls compatible with hearing aids.

_Add a button or other switch to television remote controls for simpler access to closed captioning on television.
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Obama signs technology access bill for disabled - Yahoo! News

TV programs only? Hollywood movie programs on Hulu, Netflix, Apple TV, Google tv, and others online are nothing to support captioning???
 
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