FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: July 11, 2014 Janice Wise (202) 418-8165 Email: [email protected] FCC MOVES TO ENSURE ONLINE VIDEO CLIPS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO AMERICANS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING New Rules Will Require Captioning of Certain…
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The Sorry State of Closed Captioning
The Sorry State of Closed Captioning Streaming video now must provide subtitles for the hearing impaired. There’s no guarantee of accuracy, though. One solution: crowdsourcing. TAMMY H. NAM JUNE 24 2014 Imagine sitting down to watch an episode of Game…
How Netflix alienated and insulted its deaf subscribers
How Netflix alienated and insulted its deaf subscribers The streaming video giant still can't manage to competently produce closed captions By Jon Christian January 30, 2014 In less than a decade, Netflix has assembled an unprecedented library of streaming film…
JOIN: Record the Super Bowl! Help Monitor Caption Quality!
JOIN: Record the Super Bowl! Help Monitor Caption Quality! The NAD, along with the Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons, are looking for volunteers to help monitor caption quality during the Super Bowl. We will…
What NAD have done in 2013
Support NAD this year! SUPPORT THE NAD THIS YEAR! Before the year ends, grab this LAST CHANCE to make a gift to the National Association of the Deaf! There's still time to donate before December, 31, 2013! You can take…
Gov. Jindal approves $1 million allocation for deaf phone services – Louisiana
Gov. Jindal approves $1 million allocation for deaf phone services Print By The Associated Press on June 19, 2013 at 2:21 PM, updated June 19, 2013 at 4:43 PM A bill that funnels $1 million a year to…