tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759197423390637224.post6432025097999705829..comments2023-08-19T06:58:55.524-04:00Comments on Caption Action 2: Web TV Closed Captioning: Sorry Shapiro, Voluntary Doesn't Work!Robert Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05419276476926579623noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759197423390637224.post-49010703648949825132010-06-24T23:56:14.525-04:002010-06-24T23:56:14.525-04:00WHoever above wrote "The deaf and hard-of-hea...WHoever above wrote "The deaf and hard-of-hearing is a small subset of a much larger market" when talking about captioning online just doesn't get it either. The captions are NOT JUST USED BY deaf and hard of hearing. English as a second language people use them. People with crummy computer speakers. People who don't want the sound on as someone sleeping nearby or whatever. One of those myths about captioning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759197423390637224.post-82708932071028870232010-06-16T03:30:18.679-04:002010-06-16T03:30:18.679-04:00Sad news for them but helpless. Its see what will ...Sad news for them but helpless. Its see what will happen.Translate Trudyhttp://www.translationtrudy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759197423390637224.post-43279536218130339992010-06-16T00:39:42.738-04:002010-06-16T00:39:42.738-04:00Rep. Markey said that what Shapiro said in his op ...Rep. Markey said that what Shapiro said in his op ed was untrue. This was also the case at the hearing, everything he said was UNTRUE. He even said "we (industry) invented closed captioning."<br />NO. It was the engineering department of the Public Broadcasting TV System that started to work on the project of closed captioning in 1973 under contract to the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped. Once again, government had to do what INDUSTRY VOLUNTARILY COULD HAVE DONE BUT DIDN'T. How come our congressmen don't know a liar when he's in front of them? Must be "blinded" by all the money coming in from fat cat donors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759197423390637224.post-73474338236340032672010-06-15T22:29:05.224-04:002010-06-15T22:29:05.224-04:00While I agree that "voluntary" is not th...While I agree that "voluntary" is not the way to go, I disagree that the industry should hold back technologies until they can make it accessible. The deaf and hard-of-hearing is a small subset of a much larger market. Holding technologies back for a small subset of the market does not lead to a sustainable business. That argument doesn't really hold water.<br /><br />However, that is a moot point, since the technologies ARE available - witness iTunes, Hulu, ABC, YouTube, and so on and so forth. They all have the technology in place, the only thing the industry needs to do is use it. Therefore, this is a prime time for HR 3101 or it's equivalent. If we tried to get this passed, say, three years ago, all those people saying it's too expensive, the technology isn't ready, and the rest of the excuses would have, frankly, been right.<br /><br />Fortunately for us, it is 2010, and all of the major internet video providers have the technologies. They've already done the hard work captioning all the television shows and movies for television, open captioned theater and DVD/Blu-Ray. It is a trivial matter to also do it for internet media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759197423390637224.post-82420910077496677502010-06-15T15:50:06.602-04:002010-06-15T15:50:06.602-04:00Let’s see, for “innovation leads to accessibility”...Let’s see, for “innovation leads to accessibility”:<br /><br />Innovation of telephone over telegraph – totally accessible without legislation? NO<br /><br />Innovation of cellular telephone over landline telephone – totally accessible without legislation? NO<br /><br />Innovation of television over radio – totally accessible without legislation? NO<br /><br />Innovation of talking movies over silent films – totally accessible without legislation? NO<br /><br />Innovation of online video versus over the air – totally accessible without legislation? NO<br /><br /><br />I challenge Shapiro to NAME ONE widely used innovation that has led to accessibility for more than one type of disability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com