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YouTube Launches Auto-Caption: A Boon for Deaf And Hearing Impaired

From now on, when you put a video up on YouTube it will get captions.

Boston Globe 11/20/21: YouTube videos will soon get captions

this is great news!
YouTube videos will soon get captions
By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff | November 20, 2009
Soon you’ll be able to understand thousands of Internet videos even if the sound is turned down. With an assist from Boston public TV station WGBH, Google Inc. has developed technology that will automatically add on-screen [...]

Netflix, the Wizard of OZ and accessibilty….

From Alberto Sifuentes:
NAD Calls Out Netflix on Captions
On September 9, 2009, the National Association of the Deaf requested that Netflix provide a captioned version of “The Wizard of Oz” movie that Netflix made available online, for free, for everyone on October 3, 2009. Netflix disregarded the NAD request along with thousands of letters, emails, comments, [...]

Thank you Congressman Markey! Re his: “COAT” bill — captioning on the internet

From ALDA, Inc. (the Association of Late-Deafened Adults):

ALDA Advocacy Alert! Action Needed!
Supporting the Empowerment of Late-Deafened Adults
June 2009
Rep. Markey Introduces COAT bill, “The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009,” H.R. 3101
Ask Your Representatives to Co-Sponsor H.R. 3101!
Ask Your Senators to Sponsor a Similar Bill in the Senate!
Thank Representative Markey!
On Friday afternoon, June [...]

AccessibleTech.org

A new website promotes accessible technology for all in the workplace . . . Check it out!
Advances in technology are changing the nature of business, from job performance and work productivity to commercial interactions such as buying, selling and advertising.
Smart companies understand that many of their customers and employees have evident and hidden sensory, learning, [...]