Deaf Discrimination Alleged on Transcript-Lacking Podcasts
SiriusXM and its Stitcher and Pandora podcasting properties not providing transcripts for most podcasts they stream violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, New York State Human Rights Law and New York City Human Rights Law, the National Association of the…
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Deaf said Tuesday in a complaint in U.S. District Court in Manhattan (docket 21-cv-10542). Not providing transcripts, even when they're available from third-party podcast producers, denies deaf and hard-of-hearing people access to the benefits hearing users are offered, said plaintiffs NAD and five of its members. Sirius XM didn't comment.