Hearing Aid Compatibility for Wireline and Wireless Telephones
January 28, 2021
The Hearing Aid Compatibility Act and other federal laws require the Federal Communications Commission to ensure the availability of wireline and...
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categorySpeech to Speech Relay Service
January 27, 2021
Speech-to-Speech (STS) is one form of Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS). TRS is a service that allows persons with hearing and speech...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Real-Time Text: Improving Accessible Telecommunications
January 27, 2021
Real-time text – or RTT – is a technology that allows text to be sent immediately as it is created through wireless handsets that use IP-based...
Telecommunications Access for People with Disabilities
January 27, 2021
FCC rules under Section 255 of the Communications Act require telecommunications equipment manufacturers and service providers to make their products...