[Electronics-talk] Fw: [Braillenote] OT: Fwd: [BCT]Twenty-FirstCentury Communications and Video AccessibilityAct is passed
Tom Lange
trlange at pacbell.net
Sat Mar 19 15:22:07 UTC 2011
Hi,
Sounds good.
Tom
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[BCT]Twenty-FirstCentury Communications and Video AccessibilityAct is passed
> This is so exciting, thanks to all that have put in there time and
> efforts to make this happen.
>
> Beverly Heninger
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>> and Video Accessibility Act is passed
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>>> Thought you'd like to check this out, if you haven't, yet.
>>> Original Message --------
>>> Subject: [BCT] Twenty-First Century Communications and Video
>>> Accessibility Act is passed
>>> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:46:34 -0500
>>> From: Neal Ewers <neal.ewers at ravenswood.org>
>>> Reply-To: bct at lists.blind-planet.com
>>> To: Bct <bct at lists.blind-planet.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010
>>> - Pub. L. 111-260*
>>>
>>> On October 8, 2010, President Obama signed the Twenty-First Century
>>> Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) into law. The CVAA
>>> updates federal communications law to increase the access of persons
>>> with disabilities to modern communications. The CVAA makes sure that
>>> accessibility laws enacted in the 1980s and 1990s are brought up to date
>>> with 21^st century technologies, including new digital, broadband, and
>>> mobile innovations. The following are highlights of the new law.
>>>
>>> *__*
>>>
>>> *_Title I – Communications Access_*
>>>
>>> * Requires advanced communications services and products to be
>>> accessible by people with disabilities. Advanced communications
>>> services are defined as (1) interconnected voice over Internet
>>> protocol (VoIP) service; (2) non-interconnected VoIP service; (3)
>>> electronic messaging service; and (4) interoperable video
>>> conferencing service. This includes, for example, text messaging,
>>> e-mail, instant messaging, and video communications.
>>> * Requires access to web browsers on mobile devices by people who
>>> are blind or visually impaired (a “ramp” to the Internet on mobile
>>> devices).
>>> * Creates industry recordkeeping obligations; requires changes to
>>> complaint and enforcement procedures; tightens deadlines for the
>>> FCC to respond to consumer complaints; requires biennial reporting
>>> by the FCC to Congress; and directs the Comptroller General to
>>> issue a five-year report on the FCC’s implementation.
>>> * Requires an FCC clearinghouse on accessible communications
>>> services and equipment.
>>> * Applies the hearing aid compatibility mandates to telephone-like
>>> equipment used with advanced communications services.
>>> * Updates the definition of telecommunications relay services (TRS)
>>> to include people who are deaf-blind and to allow communication
>>> between and among different types of relay users.
>>> * Requires interconnected and non-interconnected VoIP service
>>> providers to contribute to the Interstate TRS Fund.
>>> * Directs the allocation of up to $10 million per year from the
>>> Interstate TRS Fund for the distribution of specialized equipment
>>> to low-income people who are deaf-blind, to enable these
>>> individuals to access telecommunications service, Internet access
>>> service, and advanced communications.
>>> * Authorizes FCC action to ensure reliable and interoperable access
>>> to next generation 9‑1‑1 services by people with disabilities.
>>>
>>> *_Title II – Video Programming _*
>>>
>>> * Restores video description rules promulgated by the FCC in 2000
>>> and authorizes some expansion of those obligations over the next
>>> 10+ years.
>>> * Requires video programming that is closed captioned on TV to be
>>> closed captioned when distributed on the Internet (does not cover
>>> programs shown only on the Internet).
>>>
>>> ·Establishes deadlines for the FCC to respond to requests for exemption
>>> from the closed captioning rules.
>>>
>>> * Requires video programming distributors, providers, and owners to
>>> convey emergency information a manner that is accessible to people
>>> who are blind or visually impaired.
>>> * Expands the requirement for video programming equipment (equipment
>>> that shows TV programs) to be capable of displaying closed
>>> captions, to devices with screens smaller than 13 inches (e.g.,
>>> portable TVs, laptops, smart phones), and requires these devices
>>> to be able to pass through video descriptions and emergency
>>> information that is accessible to people who are blind or visually
>>> impaired, if technically feasible and achievable.
>>> * Requires devices designed to record TV programs to pass through
>>> closed captions, video description, and emergency information so
>>> viewers are able to turn on/off the closed captions and video
>>> description when the TV program is played back, if achievable.
>>> * Requires interconnection mechanisms (cables) to carry (from the
>>> source device to the consumer equipment – e.g., TV set) the
>>> information necessary to permit the display of closed captions and
>>> make video description and emergency information audible.
>>> * Requires user controls for TVs and other video programming devices
>>> to be accessible, and to have a button, key, icon, or comparable
>>> mechanism designated for easily activating closed captioning and
>>> video description.
>>>
>>> ·Requires on-screen text menus and program guides displayed on TV by
>>> set-top boxes to be accessible to people who are blind or visually
>>> impaired and requires set-top boxes to have a button, key, icon, or
>>> comparable mechanism to allow easy activation of closed captioning (when
>>> built-in to the set-top box) and video description.
>>>
>>> --FCC--
>>>
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