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The BBC has reached the landmark of having all its shows accessible to the hard of hearing via subtitles.
The commitment to broadcast every single programme with subtitles on the main BBC channels - BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, CBeebies, CBBC and BBC News, formerly BBC News 24 - was made in 1999.
This move required the development of new speech recognition technology, building on the original Ceefax software that formed the basis of the first BBC subtitled programme in 1979 - a documentary about deaf children called Quietly in Switzerland.
Blue Peter was the first live programme to carry subtitles in 1986 and the subtitling of news programmes followed in 1990.
The service now offers more than 50,000 hours of subtitled content a year, including all the BBC's national and regional programming on BBC1 and BBC2. The BBC said its next aim was to deliver access services on demand via the BBC iPlayer.
Jana Bennett, the director of BBC Vision, said: "Reaching this ambitious target is a fantastic achievement for BBC Vision and our technical teams.
"It's great to know that viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing will be able to enjoy the full breadth of our programmes across all of the BBC's television channels."
Jackie Ballard, the chief executive of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, said: "We congratulate the BBC for rising to the challenge and reaching 100% subtitling on its main channels."
The BBC has reached the landmark of having all its shows accessible to the hard of hearing via subtitles.
The commitment to broadcast every single programme with subtitles on the main BBC channels - BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, CBeebies, CBBC and BBC News, formerly BBC News 24 - was made in 1999.
This move required the development of new speech recognition technology, building on the original Ceefax software that formed the basis of the first BBC subtitled programme in 1979 - a documentary about deaf children called Quietly in Switzerland.
Blue Peter was the first live programme to carry subtitles in 1986 and the subtitling of news programmes followed in 1990.
The service now offers more than 50,000 hours of subtitled content a year, including all the BBC's national and regional programming on BBC1 and BBC2. The BBC said its next aim was to deliver access services on demand via the BBC iPlayer.
Jana Bennett, the director of BBC Vision, said: "Reaching this ambitious target is a fantastic achievement for BBC Vision and our technical teams.
"It's great to know that viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing will be able to enjoy the full breadth of our programmes across all of the BBC's television channels."
Jackie Ballard, the chief executive of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, said: "We congratulate the BBC for rising to the challenge and reaching 100% subtitling on its main channels."
