http://ncraonline.org/forum/blogs/techtracker/archive/tags/election/default.aspxTags: electionenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)http://ncraonline.org/forum/blogs/techtracker/archive/2008/12/05/bringing-flawless-election-coverage-to-all.aspxFri, 05 Dec 2008 16:15:00 GMT95852a31-96c0-42d5-922d-43b8227ad58c:18532Serge Obolensky, CAE0http://ncraonline.org/forum/blogs/techtracker/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=18532http://ncraonline.org/forum/blogs/techtracker/archive/2008/12/05/bringing-flawless-election-coverage-to-all.aspx#comments<p><span style="font-size:small;font-family:book antiqua,palatino;">On election night, eight major national networks, including 3 all-news networks, used VITAC realtime captioners to provide English and Spanish access to viewers who were deaf or hard-of-hearing. Through the efforts of 92 captioners and 600 different data connections, 71 million viewers watching Barack Obama&#39;s win all had access to near-perfect captioning.</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Book Antiqua;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5ry2fl">Learn More</a></span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://ncraonline.org/forum/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18532" width="1" height="1">realtime captioningelectionObamaVITAC