NPR Labs ERS Initiative:
Accessibility Services
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Radio - only medium "on air" during power failures
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Ideal "opt-in" conduit for AMBER Alerts -- every parent would want hundreds of drivers on lookout
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12 million visually impaired, 1.3 million legally blind (expected to reach 20 million visually impaired by 2020)
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20 million hearing impaired, 2 million deaf or severely hearing impaired
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Digital provides path for Reading Services' "DVS" needs
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Digital provides path for D&HoH "captioning"
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Demonstration Project could address ways to better serve these communities