Guides

21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA)

January 27, 2021

The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) updates federal communications law to increase the access of persons with...

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Access to Emergency Information on Television

January 27, 2021

FCC rules require broadcasters and cable operators to make local emergency information accessible to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, and to...

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Audio Description

January 27, 2021

Audio description (referred to as video description in the Commission’s rules) is audio-narrated descriptions of a television program's key visual...

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Closed Captioning of Internet Video Programming

January 27, 2021

Closed captioning is the visual display of the audio portion of video programming. Captioning provides access to individuals who are deaf or have...

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Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service

January 27, 2021

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) allows persons with who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind or who have speech disabilities to place and...

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Closed Captioning on Television

January 27, 2021

Closed captioning displays the audio portion of a television program as text on the TV screen, providing a critical link to news, entertainment and...

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Accessible TV and Set-Top Box Controls, Menus and Program Guides

January 27, 2021

*/ If you are having trouble activating closed captioning or audio description, or if you are blind or visually impaired and you are having...

Digital Radio

January 26, 2021

Digital radio is the transmission and reception of sound processed into patterns of numbers, or "digits" – hence the term "digital radio." In...

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Children's Educational Television

January 26, 2021

The Children's Television Act requires each U.S. broadcast television station to air programming specifically designed to serve the educational and...

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National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program

January 25, 2021

The FCC's National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program (NDBEDP), also known as iCanConnect, provides equipment needed to make...

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