Fwd: Accessible Emergency Information and Apparatus Requirements for Emergency Information and Video Description - Reply Comment Deadline Extended

FYI those interested in accessibility as an aspect of usability (of course to
me, I think the division made by academics is... well... Mostly ..academic..)
*[end of two cents]

Best,
LjR



> Subject: Accessible Emergency Information and Apparatus Requirements for
Emergency Information and Video Description - Reply Comment Deadline Extended
>
> Comment Deadline:  December 18, 2012
> Reply Comment Deadline:  extended to January 7, 2013
>
> The FCC extended the deadline to file reply comments b to January 7, 2013
b in the rulemaking proceeding related to accessible emergency information
and video description.  This rulemaking is required by the Twenty-First
Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA).  The Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was released on November 19, 2012 (see links to
the NPRM below).
>
> The deadline to file comments b December 18, 2012 b is not changed.
>
> Only the deadline to file reply comments (originally December 28, 2012) was
extended b to January 7, 2013.
>
> The FCC asks for public comment on its proposal to make televised emergency
information that is conveyed visually (such as through an on-screen text
crawl) more accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired by
requiring the use of a secondary audio stream to provide that emergency
information aurally.  Comment is also sought on the FCCbs proposal to limit
the scope of the new rules to television broadcast services and multichannel
video programming distributor (MVPD) services, and not to Internet-delivered
video programming.
>
> The FCC also asks for public comment on how to ensure that television
apparatus are able to make video description available and emergency
information accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired.  In
addition, the FCC seeks comment on its proposal to limit the scope of the new
rules to apparatus designed to receive, play back, or record television
broadcast or MVPD services.
>
> Comment filing instructions are provided in the NPRM.
>
> Links to the NPRM:
>
> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-142A1.doc
> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-142A1.pdf
> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-142A1.txt
>
> Links to the Public Notice extending the reply comment deadline to January
7, 2013:
> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-1985A1.doc
> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-1985A1.pdf
> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-1985A1.txt
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