FCC Adopts New Order to Enhance Accessibility of Closed Captioning
The FCC adopted an order requiring captioning display settings for video programming to be easier to customize for those with disabilities.
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Senior Access to Telehealth Technology May Be Limited
The article cites hurdles such as small icons, difficult-to-read typefaces, and inadequate captioning that hinder usage by those who may need the technologies the most, given their increased susceptibility to COVID-19.
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FCC Proposes Automating Phone Captioning
As part of a July 18 announcement in the Federal Register on a new proposed ruling, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—the government agency regulating interstate communications by radio, TV, satellite, cable, and wire—has indicated an interest in utilizing automated speech recognition (ASR) as an alternative to live captioning assistants (CAs) for Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS), making the use of CAs optional.
