Media Bureau Seeks Comment on Joint Closed-Caption Display Settings
The Media Bureau is seeking comment on a joint proposal for closed caption display settings accessibility from NCTA, the National Association of the Deaf, the Hearing Loss Association of America and TDIforAccess, according to an NPRM released Tuesday. Under the…
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proposal, closed caption display settings would be in one area of the settings, accessed by “button, key or icon,” and cable operators would commit to making the settings available to app providers through an application programming interface (API). Cable operator apps on third-party devices would respect the caption setting of the host device, and cable operators would commit to training customer support employees on adjusting the closed caption settings, the NPRM said. All the proposals would be “subject to being achievable and technically feasible,” and would apply going forward “after a reasonable implementation period,” the NPRM said. Comments will be due in docket 12-108 twenty days after the item is published in the Federal Register.