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From: Jonathan Hassell
Date: Thu, Feb 09 2012 6:12AM
Subject: GLAD vs CNN closed-captions lawsuit: finding a win-win for broadcasters and deaf people
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On Saturday a Californian court refused to dismiss a suit by deaf Californians against CNN for its refusal to add closed captioning to news video clips on its website.
Jonathan Hassell, who managed the introduction of captions to BBC iPlayer, has created a blog which looks at what news sites would need to do to introduce captions, identifies the key issues affecting users and broadcasters’ costs and USPs, and suggests a way for both sides of the suit to win…
Find it at: http://www.hassellinclusion.com/2012/02/glad-cnn-closed-captions-lawsuit/