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From: Jack.O'keeffe@p0.f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jack O'keeffe)
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Subject: Re: Closed Captioned TV Program
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Date: 28 Jun 91 14:33:08 GMT
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Hi, Wayne!

 WR> I'm not a big TV fan.  However, if I do watch a program it has
 WR> to be closed captioned for me to sit and watch it.

I'm with you there.  I seldom watch any program that is not captioned.

 WR> Well, last week a friend who works at the same Military Post
 WR> where I do asked if I watched a program named "Inside Edition".
 WR> She said the captions were terrible.

I finally watched "Inside Edition".  As far as I could tell, the
captioning was consistant with the overall quality of the program.
Terrible is probably as good a label for it as any.

My impression is that if the producers were shooting for the TV
equivalent of those tabloids in the checkout lines at the supermarket,
they were right on target.

I anticipate we will see a major improvement in the quality and
quantity of captioning once the "chip bill" starts to take effect.
There will be a much broader audience for captions.  Have you noticed
how many of the commercials are being captioned now?

And then there is "C-Span".  For some bizzare reason I like to watch
it now that it is captioned.  Partucularly when the camera pans out
over all those empty chairs.  I guess I must prefer comedy  :-)

... Jack.

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