From: "Samantha Davidson" <samantha_davidson@qm.kqed.org>
Subject: No Closed Captioning (LFM)
Date: 31 Oct 1997 14:05:14 -0800
Mail*Link(r) SMTP No Closed Captioning (LFM)
We are a public television station that aired this program. Here is feedback
from a viewer. To whom can recommendations for closed captioning be directed
for future programs? What are the issues for a live satellite broadcast?
Thank you.
Samantha Davidson
KQED Educational Services
San Francisco
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Date: 10/30/97 4:14 PM
From: Paul Stein
attn: KQED management (please forward)
Greeting:
Subject program, telecast at 10am pst,10/30/97, was commendable--except
for one glaring oversight--the lack of CAPTIONS.
This "passport to knowledge" production was NOT ACCESSIBLE to people who
depend on the "closed captioning". We hard-of-hearing and Deaf people and
our CHILDREN-- are being systematically excluded from these "passports" which
are intended to motivate ALL children to aspire to careers in Science and
Technology.
I was angered when I saw the long list of "thank yous" (credits) to
agencies, corporations, and other donors --who made the program possible--and
we all know how much in the way of Federal funding so many of those
"contributors" thrive on. In my opinion those federal funds--are intended
for ALL viewers--not just those who can understand the audio!
I ask you, and the management of KQED to do what is morally as well as
legaly appropriate, and take action to add the closed caption encoding to the
tape and re-broadcast it in the near future.
Paul Stein
SHHH-SAN JOSE <pstein3@sjm.infi.net>
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