Congressional Hearing on Communication and Video Accessibility Act, 5/1/2008

The House Subcommittee (U.S. House of Representatives or HR) on Telecommunications and the Internet will have the congressional hearings on the 21Th Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2007 this Thursday, May 1st, 2008.

The enclosed legislation proposed by the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology known as the COAT. It is consisted of more than 175 national, regional and community-based organizations affiliated with the COAT.

CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON 21TH CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO ACCESSIBILITY ACT
0F 2007

THURSDAY, MAY 1ST, 2008, 9:30 a.m.
2313 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
SOUTHWEST OF INDEPENDENCE AVENUE AND SOUTH CAPITOL STREET,
FIRST STREET AND C STREET, SW

NEARBY METRO RAIL STATION - CAPITOL SOUTH

Attendance from Deaf Community is real necessity. Celebrity witnesses will testify before the H.R. Committee on Telecommunications and Internet.

ASL interpreters and CART services will be fully provided.

This hearing will explore on the issue of

Closed-Captioning Decoder and Video Description Capability, ex. HDTV/videocasts

Video Description and Closed Captioning, Sec. 202, ex. HDTV transmission

User Interfaces, Sec. 203, ex. Internet-based video programmings

Access Video Programming Guides and Menus, Sec. 204, ex. Navigational Guides for
Deaf-Blind Video/Internet Users

For more info, http://www.coataccess.org for viewing the COAT's White Pages on H.R.'s "21th Century Communications on Video Accessibility"

House Commerce Committee and House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet-

Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), Chairman, House Commerce and Energy Committee
Rep. Ed Markey,(D-CA), Chairman, House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Internet

Ranking Members -

Rep. Joe Barton, (R-TX)
Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)

ASlize yours,
Robert L. Mason
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