On election night, about 30 deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals gathered at NPR headquarters to witness first-hand the station's new high definition radio and captioning system. This new system was brought about by a grant from the Department of Education. The satellite feed will go to all stations...
VITAC has launched a national awareness campaign called CaptionsON. The objective is to raise awareness of the benefits that closed captions offer to over 50 million Americans who are deaf or hard of hearing or who are learning English. The Web site for the initiative — http://www.captionson.com...
The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday passed its version of the Higher Education Reauthorization bill, which includes language to create a grant program to train realtime writers to provide captioned information and communication for people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing nationwide. NCRA will...
Through its membership in the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT), NCRA is supporting the introduction and enactment of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act as a comprehensive step forward for consumers with disabilities. A draft version was released late...