COAT Affiliate HLAA Secures Captioning at Grand Old Opry in Nashville, Tennessee

COAT national affiliate HLAA secured captioning for more than 450 HLAA annual convention 2009 attendees when they watched The Grand Old Opry show in Nashville TN on June 20. While the Grand Old Opry screens to display captioning are not yet permanent, this is a step forward. More in news story online. HLAA, and many of its chapters, are instrumental in advancing public policy that benefits people with hearing loss including supporting the 21st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act. Donate today to the COAT coalition! Comment on this story and others in the Add New Comment section.Your opinions are valued!

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I was there - it was amazing

Submitted by Lise Hamlin (not verified) on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 13:25.

I was there - it was amazing to have 400 people from the HLAA Convention in the audience watching Opry captioned on several screens in the theater (including the restrooms!). They also mentioned the captioning to their live radio and video audience. We need to follow up on that. We hope to see people request captioning for the Opry on a regular basis. Well, not just for the Opry - CART or Captioning should be everywhere!

Read Cheryl Heppner's

Submitted by Jenifer Simpson on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 12:33.

Read Cheryl Heppner's article on the HLAA convention on the NVRC website. She writes how Vint Cerf received an award from HLAA and summarizes his comments on how valuable broadband access to the Internet is to people with hearing disabilities.

COAT Affiliate HLAA Secures Captioning at Grand Old Opry in Nashville, Tennessee

I was there - it was amazing

Read Cheryl Heppner's

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