COAT Affiliates Try for Captioning of Webcast for Upcoming House Health Care Reform Hearing

Several COAT affiliates (AAPD, CSD, NAD, Norcal, and Ultratec) tried to ensure that an upcoming U.S. House committee hearing's webcast would be captioned. The Committee staff assured us on Friday June 12 that the June 24, 10:30 a.m. hearing on health care reform by the House Ways & Means Committee would be webcast and captioned.They have now retracted this (Monday June 22) saying only that there will be sign language interpreters present, a DVD and transcript made available later via email and that it would be "captioned on C-Span live TV." Complaints about this should go to the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services, Crypt of the Capitol, Senate 156, Washington, DC 20510, Attn. David Hauck, Director.

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Webcast may not be

Submitted by Jenifer Simpson on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 13:29.

Webcast may not be captioned, the staffer now tells me. But she says they will get the camera man to keep the sign language interpreter(s) on screen...for the webcast! She also said it "would be captioned on C-Span" which will air it live. Also said a DVD -- within a day -- and Transcript (week or more) will be available by email