DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 16, 2013
-- no one audits our captions for accuracy
Do we have an agency that watches captions to make sure
of accuracy? No - but in Great Britain, an agency - Ofcom
will be auditing the captions twice a year to see if
contents are accurate. What about the FCC in USA? The
FCC does not care about captioning accuracy; they only
care if captions are present or missing, no matter if
there are bloopers or if TV news are captioned by bad
on-line captioners!
-- a funny Cochlear story headline?
a Cochlear posting on a web site today ran this headline - Cochlear
Confidence Falls On Deaf Ears. It was about disappointing earnings
of Cochlear, the company that builds CI's. Is it telling us
that a deaf device falls on deaf ears? This is why the headline
was funny!
-- LoveFilm does not tell deaf if their DVDs are captioned
LoveFilm is a British DVD rental company, just like our
Netflix. Deaf people that rent from LoveFilm are gambling
that the DVDs are captioned. The LoveFilm will not say
if it is captioned or not captioned. We are lucky that
LoveFilm does not do business in USA!
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