Media Bureau Grants 18-Month Extension on Aural Representation Rules
The FCC Media Bureau granted an 18-month extension request from the NAB, the American Foundation for the Blind and the American Council of the Blind (see 1610050042) for more time to develop technology to provide an audio representation of visual,…
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non-text emergency information such as maps and graphics, said an order Wednesday. The petitioners are required to provide a status report in November 2017, the order said. “The report should include information about the extent to which images are conveyed with a corresponding on-screen crawl that includes the critical details conveyed by that image regarding the emergency and how to respond to the emergency.” The order extends a waiver that was first granted to NAB in 2015 of rules that require visual information to be aurally represented for individuals who are blind and visually impaired.