Netflix and the National Association of the Deaf Reach Historic Agreement to Provide 100% Closed Captions in On-Demand Streaming Content Within Two Years http://bit.ly/Ook4sl (October 10, 2012) Netflix Inc. and the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), a non-profit organization,…
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Deaf activists launch campaign against Netflix
Deaf activists launch campaign against Netflix by: SUSAN WEBB June 28 2011 Deaf and hard of hearing activists have launched a social media “bombing” campaign, an online petition and a federal lawsuit to get Netflix to provide better access to…
The Future Will Be Captioned: Improving Accessibility on YouTube
MARCH 4, 2010 The Future Will Be Captioned: Improving Accessibility on YouTube Tens of millions of people in the U.S. experience some kind of hearing impairment and recent studies have predicted that over 700 million people worldwide will suffer from…