Hearing - and seeing - testimony; how court reporters use closed-captioning
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Computer-aided real time (CART) is an upgrade of closed-captioning technology which enables court reporters to translate spoken testimony to written English in an average of slightly more than one second. This technology has opened courtrooms to hard-of-hearing citizens. The National Court Reporters Assn is sponsoring a project to design 'total access courtrooms' incorporating this and other technology helpful to the disabled. There are 26 such courtrooms in the country.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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TV access for the deaf, blind reaches new heights; FCC rules mandate emergency alerts to be presented in visual and auditory form, and double the amount of closed captioning
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The FCC rules requiring the closed captioning of virtually everything on television implementing Section 305 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 are discussed. The foundation for the boom in captioning was the Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990.The FCC's starting to require video description for the blind is also discussed.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 2000
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Drama in the ER spills into the street - literally; federal law gives hospitals an expanded scope of duty to treat emergency patients
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The expansion of the duty to treat emergency patients under the Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) and the 9th Circuit's ruling in Arrington v. Wong is discussed. Arrington expands the law's reach to include ambulance contact in the emergency medical contacts triggering EMTALA.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 2001
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