ITI Says FCC CVAA Rules OK; NFB Wants More
The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act “struck an appropriate balance in advancing the complementary policy goals of promoting accessibility and encouraging innovation,” said the Information Technology Industry Council in comments posted Friday in FCC docket 21-140. ITI said…
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the FCC should identify situations in which subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing could be used to satisfy IP captioning requirements in display-only monitors and video projectors that aren't equipped with digital tuners or streaming capability. The National Federation of the Blind wants improvements to the CVAA on audio description rules and how they apply to online streaming video. It wants streaming services required to buy described content when buying content rights, and MVPDs to provide multiple secondary audio channels. It seeks audio description quality standards.