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Re: NAD v. Netflix: "This is a bad ruling. Really terrible."

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From: Elle
Date: Jun 27, 2012 2:24PM

For what it's worth, captioning is not a very expensive process, especially
compared to other accessibility initiatives. Costs range from $4-$6 a
minute (per Glenda Sims and other wise folks). Of course, even if it were
$500 a minute, I'd still argue that it's a requirement on the basis of
civil rights alone. What will be costly are lawsuits for companies who
disregard people with disabilities in their digitial production process.


Respectfully,
Elle



On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Lucy Greco < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi:
> I am glad you said all this. The one thing that bothers me about the
> constant saying it costs too much! Is if more people did it would not.
> Supply and demand. That's the economics here. And hay what is the problem
> with putting more people to work? Just think of all the work in captioning
> the archives of the library of congress . If they really want to make jobs
> then start making access a priority smile
>
>
> Lucia Greco
> Web Access Analyst
> IST-Campus Technology Services
> University of California, Berkeley
> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
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