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COAT advocates for accessibility and usability of technology for people with disabilities. Enacting the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (21st CVAA) was a huge step forward and we are working to implement this new law. COAT’s overall aim is to ensure accessibility, usability, and affordability of all broadband, wireless, and Internet technologies for people with disabilities.

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COAT Affiliate CSD Opens Help Center for DTV Captioning Problems

Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD), a founding member organization of COAT, has received federal funding to help viewers experiencing captioning problems associated with the digital TV transition. They have opened a center to provide technical assistance to those of us fed up with problems like lost or garbled captioning,  duplicate captioning, cable concerns etc. COAT notes that by June 12, almost all TV stations will stop analog broadcasting and will switch to digital broadcasting.  See the fun CSD video clip or Email CSD about their new center or if you  have a captioning problem.

 

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For the last two months some

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 19:48.

For the last two months some channels have ceased their closed captioning. Versus/outdoor, the weather channel, espns to name a few of them. I have directv as a provider. They were of no help when I called them. I have Emailed the weather channel and also versus/outdoor channel and no results. Does this have something to do with the conversion and if so why didn't it affect other channels?

I have no problem with HGTV, Food, and many other channels.

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COAT leaders at the FCC

Andrew Phillips, National Association of the Deaf; Eric Bridges, American Council of the Blind; Mark Richert, American Foundation for the Blind; and Jenifer Simpson, American Association of People with Disabilities, outside the FCC building, Washington DC, after meetings on pending rules under 21st CVAA.

Celebration of the bill's final passage

Rep. Ed Markey and Legislative Director Mark Bayer celebrate the bill’s final passage on September 28, 2010, in front of the Helen Keller statue, with the leaders from the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology: Karen Peltz Strauss, formerly with Communication Service for the Deaf; Jenifer Simpson, American Association of People with Disabilities; Rosaline Crawford, National Association of the Deaf. Their hands symbolize clapping in sign language.

21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act

President Obama signs the Accessibility Act

President Obama signed the 21st
Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act into law on October 8, 2010, with many key advocates and lawmakers in attendance.

Senator Mark Pryor (AR)

Senator Mark Pryor (AR) received AAPD’s Justice For All Award July 26, 2011 for his leadership with Senate passage of the 21st CVAA.

Key FCC Staff working on 21st CVAA

Key FCC staff working on 21st CVAA: Karen Peltz Strauss, Rosaline Crawford, Eliot Greenwald

Sesame Street video with captioning and description. Sesame Street video with captioning and description.

Closed Caption button on remote. Closed Caption button on remote.