FCC Seeks Comment on Emergency Info Requirements for Visually Impaired
The FCC Media Bureau set an Aug. 10 deadline for comments in its next round of possible rule changes under the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, it said in a public notice released Friday in docket 12-107. The…
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agency is seeking input on means of making emergency information audibly accessible to the blind or visually impaired, such as prioritizing audio emergency information on a secondary audio stream, continuing to require school closing information to be included on that secondary audio stream, and requiring multichannel video programming distributors to ensure subscribers have access to a user-friendly mechanism for accessing audible emergency information on that secondary audio stream. The FCC already has rules requiring that MVPDs use a secondary audio stream to bring audible emergency information to consumers accessing linear programming on mobile devices and that manufacturers make such secondary audio streams easily accessible. Replies have a Sept. 8 submission deadline.