socialmedian: Gov't bill would make Internet more accessible for disabled via real-time texting, closed captioning

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Gov't bill would make Internet more accessible for disabled via real-time texting, closed captioning

Source: Accessibility in the News

Oct 07, 2009

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This month, as Congress returns from break, health care reform is not the only imperative issue on their plate. A new bill will aim to make content on the Internet more friendly to those with disabilities. The "21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009" (H.R. 3101) plans to modernize disability standards by making such accessibility features as closed captioning, video description and real-time texting a standard for Internet technologies. The bill was introduced by Mass. Rep. Ed Markey on June 26, with support from the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT), an alliance whose primary goal is to ensure that people with disabilities are not left behind as technology moves further into the digital age.

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