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COMMON CLOSED CAPTIONS PROBLEMS

COMMON CLOSED CAPTIONS PROBLEMS. Shera M Katz March 2009. Common Closed Captions Problems. Poor STB Design Poor TV Set Design Cables. Poor Set Top Box Design. Find the hidden menu “Turn off” the STB Leave the STB plugged in Press the menu button Hidden menus will appear

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COMMON CLOSED CAPTIONS PROBLEMS

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  1. COMMON CLOSED CAPTIONS PROBLEMS Shera M Katz March 2009

  2. Common Closed Captions Problems • Poor STB Design • Poor TV Set Design • Cables

  3. Poor Set Top Box Design • Find the hidden menu • “Turn off” the STB • Leave the STB plugged in • Press the menu button • Hidden menus will appear • Select your CC settings

  4. Poor TV Set Design • TV decodes CC received from: • Over the air antennas • FIOS • Cable • Satellite • TV DOES NOT decodes CC received from: • Media Players • Anything through analog inputs.

  5. Cables • HDMI • DVI (replaced by HDMI) • Component

  6. HDMI • High-Definition Multimedia Interface a • Hard of Hearing & Deaf Massive Irritant

  7. Illustrated by Illustrator: Blog-alloon

  8. HDMI “Workarounds” Without HDMI • Replace the cable with another type • Component cable -- best alternative

  9. Replace the Cable with Another Type • Component “red, blue, green” • S-Video • Composite “yellow plug” • COAX “RF”

  10. When Will CC Pass Through Component Cables? • 1080p mode & 1080i • Broadcast, Cable, Satellite and FIOS TV -- anything with digital CC (CEA-708) • BD with SDH (image-based) • 1080i mode • Older DVDs and Video Cassettes -- anything with analog CC (CEA-608).

  11. HDMI “Workarounds” with HDMI • If You Must Keep Your HDMI cable • Have both an STB and TV? • Then use the STB decoder • Remove the STB & use TV decoder • Use BD with SDH instead of CC

  12. HDMI “Workaround” with HDMI:STB and TV • Don’t Try to decode CC with TV • Do try to decode CC with: • Set Top Box • Media Player • Turns CC into open captions

  13. HDMI “Workaround” with HDMI: TV and no STB • Do Use a Receiver with these Tuners • QAM – for “clear” cable signals • ASTC – for broadcast digital signals • “Workaround” doesn’t work for premium or encrypted cable

  14. HDMI “Workaround” with HDMI:TV and BD

  15. Subtitles, CC and SDH:What’s the Difference? • Subtitles • No environmental sounds • All subtitles are places in the same area • Tech Tip: It’s image-based • Closed Captioning (CC) • Environmental sounds • Different speaker, different placement • Tech Tip: It’s data-based (ASCII) • Subtitles for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH) • Ideally subtitles for sound effects and speech, & placement (Quality depends upon the studio) • Tech Tip: It’s image-based – so potential to run off screen

  16. For More Information • Forums: • AVS Forum • Alldeaf.com • Blogging site: • Banjo’s World • Yahoo Groups • Captionings • Beyond Hearing

  17. Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology • A coalition of over 200 national, regional, state, and community-base disability organizations. • Mission: To make sure that people with disabilities aren’t left behind as technology continues to change. • HLAA is one of the member organizations of COAT.

  18. How Have Federal Laws Fallen Behind? • People who communicate via text or video can’t call 911. • Small TVs, cell phones, PDAs and other mobile devices are not required to display captions. • Videos shown over the internet aren’t required to be captioned. COAT wants to change that & more! • Restore FCC’s video description rules. • Require VOIP phones to be hearing aid compatible.

  19. 21st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act • Please sign the petition at: http://www. coataccess.org/ node/add/petition

  20. E-mail us at Meetup.com • Go to www.meetup.com • Enter: • Topic: manhattan hearing loss • Zip Code: 10011 (or any NYC zip code) • Click on search • Our chapter comes right up! • E-mail us through the members’ pages

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