COMMON CLOSED CAPTIONS PROBLEMS

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COMMON CLOSED CAPTIONS PROBLEMS
Shera M Katz March 2009
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Common Closed Captions Problems

• Poor STB Design
• Poor TV Set Design
• Cables

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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

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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.

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Cables

• HDMI
• DVI (replaced by HDMI)
• Component

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HDMI

• High-Definition Multimedia Interface
• a
• Hard of Hearing Deaf Massive Irritant

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Illustrated by Illustrator Blog-alloon
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HDMI Workarounds Without HDMI

• Replace the cable with another type
• Component cable -- best alternative

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Replace the Cable with Another Type

• Component red, blue, green
• S-Video
• Composite yellow plug
• COAX RF

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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).

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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

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HDMI Workaround with HDMISTB and TV

• Dont Try to decode CC with TV
• Do try to decode CC with
• Set Top Box
• Media Player
• Turns CC into open captions

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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 doesnt work for premium or
  encrypted cable

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HDMI Workaround with HDMITV and BD
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Subtitles, CC and SDHWhats the Difference?

• Subtitles
• No environmental sounds
• All subtitles are places in the same area
• Tech Tip Its image-based
• Closed Captioning (CC)
• Environmental sounds
• Different speaker, different placement
• Tech Tip Its 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 Its image-based so potential to run
  off screen

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For More Information

• Forums
• AVS Forum
• Alldeaf.com
• Blogging site
• Banjos World
• Yahoo Groups
• Captionings
• Beyond Hearing

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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 arent left behind as technology
  continues to change.
• HLAA is one of the member organizations of COAT.

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How Have Federal Laws Fallen Behind?

• People who communicate via text or video cant
  call 911.
• Small TVs, cell phones, PDAs and other mobile
  devices are not required to display captions.
• Videos shown over the internet arent required to
  be captioned.
• COAT wants to change that more!
• Restore FCCs video description rules.
• Require VOIP phones to be hearing aid compatible.

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21st Century Communications Video Accessibility
Act

• Please sign the petition at
• http//www.
• coataccess.org/
• node/add/petition

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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