Television and Videos
The Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990 requires that all televisions with screens 13 inches or larger sold after July 1, 1993, have built-in closed caption decoders. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 expanded this law to include digital televisions. Therefore, any television used in a meeting will likely be able to display closed captions if the video or program contains them and the decoding function on the television is turned on.
If video content that is not captioned must be used for a meeting, alternatives include using a sign language interpreter and/or providing speech-to-text services such as Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART). In both cases, the video should be shared with the interpreter or CART provider prior to the meeting (see the section below for Speech-to-Text Translation Services).
Televisions in hotel lobbies or other common areas should have "captions on" at all times. Remote control devices for televisions in hotel guest rooms should have a "captions on" button that is easy to locate and use, or instructions on how to access the television settings to turn captions on and off.
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