Television - Gaps

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Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons

1. Caption quality, monitoring and need for skilled, accurate captioners

    Captioning by voice-to-text software being tested; Congressional funding sought for captioner training

    2. Migration of TV, phone, Internet to wireless hand-held devices and Internet sites

    Captions needed, caption capability of all devices w/screens of any size

    3. Options such as RCA Alert Guard TV

Informs of alert, watch, or warning, even when using the TV to view videos or DVDs. RCA acquired by Chinese company; project manager left and no other companies yet producing this.