FYI folks->Transcript of Nov.30 FCC Presentation of Implementation of Accessibility Act - HERE IT IS

> MEMBERSHIP IN TWO DISABILITY-FOCUSED ADVISORY COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED;
> TRANSCRIPT OF NOVEMBER 30 PRESENTATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
> ACCESSIBILITY ACT AVAILABLE ONLINE
>
> Washington, DC -- At the November 30 Commission Meeting, FCC staff
> outlined the requirements of the newly-enacted 21st Century
> Communications and Video Accessibility Act (Accessibility Act) and
> discussed plans to implement the Act over the next few years.  The
> transcript of this presentation, including the PowerPoint, is now
> available on the Commissions website at:
http://reboot.fcc.gov/open-meetings/2010/november
>
> Two of the first items in the new legislation to be implemented have
> been announced today in Public Notices:  the establishment of two
> advisory committees and the selection of their members by FCC
> Chairman Julius Genachowski.
>
> The first committee is the Emergency Access Advisory Committee
> (EAAC), which will focus on the most effective and efficient
> technologies and methods by which to enable access next generation
> 911 access for persons with disabilities.  The Accessibility Act
> directs that within one year after the EAACs members are appointed,
> it will conduct a national survey, with the input of groups
> represented by the Committees membership, and then submit to the
> Commission recommendations to implement technologies and methods to
> achieve its goals.   The first meeting of the EAAC will be Friday,
> January 14, 2010, at the Commissions headquarters.
>
> The second committee is the Video Programming and Emergency Access
> Advisory Committee (VPEAAC), which will focus on matters pertaining
> to the accessibility of video programming.  .  The VPEAAC will
> develop recommendations on closed captioning of Internet programming
> previously captioned on television; the compatibility between video
> programming delivered using Internet protocol and devices capable of
> receiving and displaying such programming in order to facilitate
> access to captioning, video description and emergency information;
> video description and accessible emergency information on television
> programming delivered using Internet protocol or digital broadcast
> television; accessible user interfaces on video programming devices;
> and accessible programming guides and menus.   Within 6 months of
> its first meeting, the VPEAAC must submit recommendations concerning
> the provision of closed captions for Internet-delivered video
> programming and the ability of video devices to pass through closed
> captions contained on Internet-based video programming.  By April 8,
> 2012, it must submit recommendations on the remaining issues. The
> first meeting of the VPEAAC is scheduled for January 13, 2011, at
> the Commissions headquarters.
>
> All EAAC meetings and VPEAAC meetings will be open to the public.
>
> The electronic version of the News Release, available at:
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/headlines.html
>
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