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FCC Recommends Adoption Of SMPTE Closed-Captioning Standard For Online Content

WHITE PLAINS, NY--A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Advisory Committee has recommended that a standard for the closed-captioning of online video content developed by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) be adopted by the FCC in itsimplementation of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA).

The Act is designed to ensure the accessibility, usability, and affordability of broadband, wireless, and Internet technologies for people with disabilities. The standard, known as SMPTE Timed Text, was recommended in a report by the FCC’s Video Programming Accessibility Advisory Committee (VPAAC) and is available at:.

The FCC is reviewing the report with key stakeholders as it writes the CVAA regulations.

In making its recommendation, the VPAAC noted that the SMPTE Timed Text standard is already used in production environments to repurpose television content for Internet use; is specified as the caption and subtitle format for the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem’s UltraViolet format for commercial movie and television content; is specified in draft standards for Internet television delivery in the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, and other European countries; and is currently being used by several video services and Internet video players.



“The recommendation that the FCC point to SMPTE Timed Text as the standard for the closed-captioning of online video is a major milestone towards ensuring all people, including people with disabilities, have access to and can enjoy online and web-enabled programming,” said Ann Marie Rohaly, who chaired the Society’s standards effort and is a member of the VPAAC, and Craig Cuttner, who led the development of the standard in SMPTE.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 54.4 million people reported some level of disability and 35 million reported a severe disability in 2005.

To accelerate the adoption of the closed-captioning standard, SMPTE announced in May that it was making SMPTE Timed Text available free for download. The overview document ST 2052-0-2010, the Standard ST 2052-1-2010, and an FAQ about the standard and its use are available at https://smpte.org/standards.

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Sunshine

So like on YouTube????? Happy days!

warpedpink

Yes, but will it be accurate? YouTube, for example, online captioning audio translator thingy-a-dink is crappy at best.

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Sunshine

So true. Someday!!

CrazyPaul

Voice being converted to text is not successful at all since voices don't always sound the same because of accents.

kristy2078

I really hope that open or closed captions will be the ones to be used, not the autotranscription service.

DeafBadger

Awesome, I hope this goes through! I am so frustrated by the lack of captioning for online content. I've actually thought about paying someone to listen to (the really important) videos and transcribe them for me.

purplecatty

Yep, youtube captioning transcribe sucks. It say funky or funny words when someone talk on youtube which is not consistent to what they say. I could just simply quickly figure out what they actually say depending what topic they are talking about such as "How to plaster sheetrock", I just zone in topic what they are talking about even if Caption transcriber are screwy so I know what they're talking about. It's actually annoying tho!!!

We deafie shouldn't be doing job figuring out mentally what they were talking about on garbled captioning!! Royal pain in butt.

Catty

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CrazyPaul

I agree with you all the way. HOWEVER, like TV, it will require a company to hire a captionmaker for online video which means more expenses for the company. I believe that NAD has filed a complaint so wait and see. Hopefully FCC will make our dream come true soon.