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From: Tzipporah.Benavraham@f632.n278.z1.fidonet.org (Tzipporah Benavraham)
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Subject: new deafness tech
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Date: 17 Jun 91 15:27:32 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

06/03 0805  SANYO ELECTRIC DEVELOPS LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATED ...

OSAKA (JUNE 3)  - SANYO ELECTRIC CO. SAID MONDAY IT HAS
DEVELOPED A LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (LSI) DECODER THAT
WILL HELP THE DEAF UNDERSTAND SPOKEN WORDS ON TELEVISION.
   SANYO ANNOUNCED THE DEVELOPMENT AFTER A RECENT LAW PASSED
BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT REQUIRING TELEVISION MAKERS TO INSTALL
CLOSED CAPTION DECODERS IN TV SETS STARTING IN JULY 1993 TO
AID THE DEAF.
   THE DECODER HAS THREE CHIPS WHICH TRANSLATE THE SPOKEN
WORDS OF PERFORMERS ON TELEVISION PROGRAMS AND PRINTS THE
DIALOGUE IN A CLOSED CAPTION BOX ON THE SCREEN FOR EASY
READING.
   OFFICIALS SAID SAMPLE SHIPMENTS OF THE DECODER WILL
BEGIN IN AUGUST.  EACH DECODER IS PRICED AT 3,000 YEN,
THEY SAID.
   SANYO PLANS TO EXHIBIT THE DECODER AT SYMPOSIUM ON JUNE
7 IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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