Re: Closed Caption Decoder

[Roselle _ Weiner <r_weiner@SACAM.OREN.ORTN.EDU>]

All
All tv sets 13" to (i believe) 27" must have built in decoders after July
1, 1993 but none of those were required to conform to Fed. standards.
After this month, I believe, they must all be manufactured to conform.
The decoder iii and above will conform and will be able to process special
signals now being set up for decoders --i.e.: color captions; full
capital letters and small letters ability and ability to place caption any
where on screen.  Also, the newest signals will allow the caption to
scroll out of the way when someone is identified as a speaker during an
interview.  These changes are not happening immediately but will be
phased in slowly.  If you see // slash marks in front of your captioning
that means the technology is too old to do the new jobs!

Contact National Captioning Institute for more information.

Roselle


American School for the Deaf
r_weiner@sacam.oren.ortn.edu

On Sun, 6 Mar 1994, Don E. Descy, Ph.D. wrote:

> I bought a closed caption decoder last year for about $200 from a company
> in Minneapolis that deals in equipment for hard of hearing but:
> ALL television sets manufactured after some time last summer have built in
> closed captioning.
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