LNS Captioning

Here's a story about Senator Fetterman's appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." The senator read what the captioner wrote just for him so he could stay on track during the show.

NCRA member provides captioning for U.S. Senator on CBS’ Late Show with Stephen Colbert NCRA member provides captioning for U.S. Senator on CBS’ Late Show with Stephen Colbert October 27, 2023 Emily Nicholson On Oct. 11 Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to discuss an array of issues. Throughout the interview, the senator relied on capt...

Like most people, I have my mind on the deaf community in Maine. I received an email with a link to the Maine community's information: https://www.deafmaine.org/contribute/ Please consider contributing. Thank you.

Contribute - Maine Association of the Deaf GoFundMe's:These GoFundMe's have been established by the victim's families -- we strongly encourage you to contribute to them. Your contribution will be separate from most of the funeral and interpreting costs making it more impactful for the victims. **NEW** Family of Steve Vozzella - GoFundMe orga...

Gen Z kids love captioning. And their loving captioning is changing our culture. More and more people expect captions to be turned on. People with hearing disabilities are right alongside these young folks.

Check out this article from New Jersey.

Captioning isn't just for those with hearing loss anymore: Why Gen Z loves subtitles Young audiences are turning captions on and spurring advances in long-overlooked accessibility tools.

Bravo, National Association of the Deaf!!

https://youtu.be/0OgPNVIjWnM

National Association of the Deaf - NAD We Won We WON! Earlier this year, we went to the US Supreme Court with Disability Rights Michigan, Latham & Watkins, and Ellen Saideman, to represent a Deaf man, Miguel Luna Perez, who grew up in a public school district without any access to sign language interpreters or accommodations. All nine Su...

Hey, this is great. Our national association held a legislative boot camp in Washington, D.C., three weeks ago. A delegation of Missouri and Kansas members dropped in on one of the Missouri representatives, and they did some excellent work!

Training for Realtime Writers Act gains first sponsor in U.S. House of Representatives Training for Realtime Writers Act gains first sponsor in U.S. House of Representatives March 13, 2023 NCRA Government Relations is proud to announce that Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II of Missouri will serve as the first sponsor of the Training for Realtime Writers Act in the 118th Congress. The bill seek...

Hi, everyone. If you see TV captions that are not accurate, synchronous, placed correctly, and/or complete, please file a complaint with the FCC. Instructions are included in this link.

And if you have any questions, let us know. Our company was involved in setting up these Federal guidelines back in 2014.

Closed Captioning on Television Closed captioning displays the audio portion of a television program as text on the TV screen, providing a critical link to news, entertainment and information for individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.

Hey, everyone, it's still National Court Reporting and Captioning Week. Here's an interview of a judge who supports people reporting the proceedings and not a digital recorder.

You cannot duplicate the performance of the human mind and ear You cannot duplicate the performance of the human mind and ear February 2, 2023 The Hon. Dan. R. Slayton In an article posted Jan. 25 by the Arizona Daily Sun, the Hon. Dan Slayton, presiding judge of the Coconino County Superior Court, was quoted as saying he believes a court reporter should be av...

News from one of our captioning friends, Darian Elliott. Darian was asked to caption for "Hamilton" at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

My night with Hamilton My night with Hamilton January 20, 2023 By Darian Elliott Darian Elliott, RPR, CRR, CRC, from Frederick, Md., has been providing captioning and CART for 23 years — covering church services, news programs, council meetings, theatre performances, sporting events, and her favorite, classes for studen...

Federal legislation considers updates to captioning law Federal legislation considers updates to captioning law November 28, 2022 In 2010, NCRA was one of many parties involved in the passage of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), which made sure that accessibility laws enacted in the 1980s and 1990s were brought up to d...

70% of overall toxic waste in America is through e-waste.

Did you know that the City of Portland has been battling e-waste since the 90’s? That’s right. The City has recycled computers and monitors since the service first came online in the early 1990s. The program expanded in 2009 to include “micro electronics” such as cables, mice, keyboards, AV equipment, small scanners, speakers.

Each year the City diverts 35,000 pounds of electronics from landfills by donating used electronics to the non-profit Free Geek. Free Geek's goal is to reroute technology from landfills by refurbishing it and giving it back to the community at no or low costs.

FREE GEEK
Bureau of Planning and Sustainability

Just so you know, an LNS captioner made those captions on that screen. Cool!

https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2022/09/reser-stadiums-5-million-video-board-gave-oregon-state-a-few-nervous-moments-but-the-cool-factor-is-undeniable.html?utm_campaign=theoregonian_sf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0NhDLOCZq_j19fPziZfQiUQcAccyRmcQRPeCFXsfkUYdjp538-kQCIadM

Reser Stadium’s $5 million video board gave Oregon State a few nervous moments, but the ‘cool’ factor is undeniable The 6,750-square foot scoreboard became operational and powered by Wednesday night, giving the school less than three days to test before Saturday night's season opener

Press release from the Federal Communications Commission about access for TV programming:

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