Thread Subject: Re: Agenda for today's AV subcom meeting

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From: Gregg Vanderheiden
Date: Tue, Sep 11 2007 11:10 AM


Yes this is better. But I don't think we need the limitations on the end do
we? That would make it

For systems which include caption decoding functionality and
a remote control, a captioning button must be available on
the remote that enables and disables closed captions.

Gregg
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Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.



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> Hoffman, Allen
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:56 AM
> To: TEITAC Audio/Video Subcommittee
> Subject: Re: [teitac-video] Agenda for today's AV subcom meeting
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> I think this reads worse than we want it to.
>
> In simple terms, people who are deaf want a "cc" button on
> the remote that turns on captioning for broadcast. Would
> this also turn on, or select, the captioning if this were
> connected to a media player? Its not quite as simple in this
> circumstance, so maybe we need to just limit this to:
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:55 PM
> To: TEITAC Audio/Video Subcommittee
> Subject: Re: [teitac-video] Agenda for today's AV subcom meeting
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> On the CC button, I concur with Allen; but would reword it
> slightly so that its clear a remote control remains optional.
>
> Where a player provides a tactile controller, a self evident
> method to enable, and use captions for media playback must be
> included"
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