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FCC Acts to Improve Accessibility of Closed Captioning Display Settings

On July 18, 2024, the FCC released Report and Order (FCC 24-79) which implements a “readily accessible” requirement for closed…

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Closed Captions and Nationwide EAS Testing

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) issued a Public Notice to remind Emergency Alert…

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Improving Accessibility: FCC's Proposal for Enhanced Features in Video Conferencing

On June 8, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Report and Order, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, aiming to…

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Video Conferencing Caption Quality Addressed in the Latest CVAA Report

On October 11, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released the latest CVAA biennial report to Congress, evaluating the current…

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Accuracy of Human-generated Captions vs. Adobe Speech-to-text

In the July ‘21 release of Premiere Pro, Adobe introduced its artificial intelligence (AI) powered speech-to-text engine to help creators…

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Bad Captions are Polluting Video Libraries

In the history of our planet, littering is a relatively new problem. It was around the 1950s when manufacturers began…

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Captioning Errors: Internet's Accessibility Struggle

There’s a growing trend on social media and sites like Reddit and Quora to showcase captioning errors from television and…

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FCC Updates the Compliance Ladder for Closed Captioning Complaints

Last month, the FCC amended a few sections of Title 47 CFR 79.1: the rule pertaining to closed captioning of…

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Closed Captioning Internet Video: Live & Near-live Programming

The final deadline of the FCC’s Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) pertaining to online videos is quickly…

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NRB Proclaim 17 Learning Arena Talk

Earlier this month at NRB Proclaim 17, we hosted a brief talk with broadcasters regarding the most updated FCC laws…

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