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== Definitions ==
'''Closed captioning''' is a service for persons with hearing disabilities that translates television program dialog into written words on the television screen. Closed captioning is not visible without the use of a specially installed decoder.
 
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{{Quote|[a] service for persons with hearing disabilities that translates [[television program]] dialog into written words on the [[television screen]].<ref>[[FCC]], Glossary of Telecommunications Terms ([http://transition.fcc.gov/glossary.html full-text]).</ref>}}
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{{Quote|[t]he [[display]] of [[text]] coinciding with the [[audio]] portion of a [[television broadcast]] that allows persons with hearing disabilities to have [[access]] to these [[television broadcast|broadcasts]].<ref>FEMA Glossary ([http://www.fema.gov/site-page/vii-glossary-terms full-text]).</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 05:13, 5 October 2012

Definitions[]

Closed captioning is

[a] service for persons with hearing disabilities that translates television program dialog into written words on the television screen.[1]
[t]he display of text coinciding with the audio portion of a television broadcast that allows persons with hearing disabilities to have access to these broadcasts.[2]

References[]

  1. FCC, Glossary of Telecommunications Terms (full-text).
  2. FEMA Glossary (full-text).