NAB, Advocacy Groups Want 5 More Years to Develop Audible Emergency Graphics
NAB, the American Foundation for the Blind and American Council of the Blind want five more years to develop the technology for audio representations of visual, non-text emergency information such as maps and graphics, said in a joint filing posted…
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in FCC docket 12-107 Friday. “Petitioners have worked diligently with both internal and external potential developers of a solution, but unfortunately, no technical solution exists for aurally describing dynamic visual images in emergency crawls that can be integrated into the current broadcasting system." Though FCC rules require such information to be aurally represented for the blind and visually impaired, the Media Bureau has repeatedly granted waivers to allow more time. The last waiver, for 18 months, was granted in November 2016 (see 1611160038) and expires in May.