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Independent auditor to oversee Nine Network’s captioning

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The Nine Network has appointed an independent auditor to oversee captioning on its stations TCN and NBN. This follows two instances where the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) found that the stations had breached their captioning obligations under the Broadcasting Services Act.

The ACMA found that NBN had failed to provide a captioning service for four editions of its Evening News in June-July 2010, while TCN had also had also failed to provide the service for a segment of A Current Affair broadcast on 28 July 2010.

The ACMA has welcomed Nine’s voluntary appointment of an independent auditor, although its chairman, Chris Chapman, stated that, “the ACMA will continue to closely monitor any complaints received about caption delivery in the broadcasting sector”.

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Captions
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US research project aims to improve captions on mobile devices

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American access organisation National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) has begun a major research project to address access issues relating to captioned content on mobile devices.

NCAM has stressed that people who are Deaf or hearing impaired face real challenges when trying to access captioned content on devices such as smartphones or tablets. This can be due to issues with the media player as well as a lack of captioned content.

The research project, as reported by the US media company WGBH, is designed to address the following:

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Captions
News
Deaf or hearing impaired
Web
News
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‘Media Watch’ puts the spotlight on poor captioning

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Last night’s episode of Media Watch on the ABC looked at the state of news captioning on Australian television, and found that all too often the quality is so poor that captions are incomprehensible.

The program, which can be viewed on ABC's iView service with captions, noted that many of the problems stem from an increased use of ‘voice captioning’ (where a captioner re-speaks dialogue as a program goes to air and speech recognition software converts it into captions). Previously, live programs and live segments of news bulletins could only be captioned by highly-paid, highly-trained stenocaptioners.

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Captions
Television
News
Deaf or hearing impaired
Stenocaptioning
News
TV access

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US access group calls for end to caption exemptions

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The Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging that television be fully captioned.

According to the Closedcaptioning.net website, while captioning on the main US channels is at or close to 100%, the FCC’s caption regulations still include some types of programming which are exempt.

COAT is arguing that captioning has become easier and less expensive in recent years, and these exemptions should be eliminated. They include:

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Captions
Television
News
Deaf or hearing impaired
News
TV access

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