Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!26!Jack.O'keeffe
From: Jack.O'keeffe@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jack O'keeffe)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Captioning
Message-ID: <18289@bunker.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 91 05:50:14 GMT
Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP
Reply-To: Jack.O'keeffe@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org
Distribution: misc
Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/26 - SoundingBoard, Pittsburgh PA
Lines: 34
Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP

Index Number: 14125

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Hi Fran.  Good to hear from you.

 FO>  glad to hear about more stations getting closed captioning too.
 FO>  (Actually they all should have it, of course, but some is
 FO>  better than none I suppose.)

Sooner or later they all will caption, Fran.  Captioning is not just
for deaf people anymore.  Increasingly, it is serving as a medium to
help individuals develop skills in english as a second language.
This has been most effective with Asian and Hispanic immigrants.
They can hear and SEE the words, which accelerates learning.

The FCC must release the rules for the built-in decoder chip by
April 15.  Then we will begin to see TV receivers with captioning
included at no extra cost.  Soon all sets 13" and larger will have
this feature.  Then the programming that does not include closed
captioning will begin to lose a measureable amount of viewership.
They will be faced with the "dinosaur's choice - adapt or die".
Like I said, we're on a roll now!

Have a glorious St. Patrick's Day!  (Stu and I plan to celebrate
by attending a workshop on AT&T's new dual party TDD relay :-)

Jack.

... Carpe Diem!

--
Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!26!Jack.O'keeffe
Internet: Jack.O'keeffe@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org