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Public Radio Covers 95% of U.S. Population
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Geneva, Switzerland, 24 October 2013*Breaking The Sound
BarrierRadio Captioning has launched!Latino USA commenced Captioned
Radio service on 22 February 2013Higher incidence of hearing loss
among Hispanic children in U.S.New service will include Emergency
Alerting with bed-shaker supportEfforts supported by U.S.
Department of Education, National Institute on Disability
Rehabilitation Support (Project H133G090139)
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Special Problems Captioning Radio Journalism
Radio requires more accurate, cost effective captioning process
than TV
No visual cues for information contextSpeaker and place name
identification are critical to understanding breaking
newsLocalization and customization neededRadio operating budgets
are fraction of TVs Geneva, Switzerland, 24 October 2013*
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Captioned Radio
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Captioned Radio Service With BrailleGeneva, Switzerland, 24
October 2013*
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Geneva, Switzerland, 24 October 2013*Virtual Real Time Voice
Writer & EditorCaptioned Editor Mouse Free Editing
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Integrated Captioning & Transcription Service (ICATS)
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Emergency Alerting Use CaseRe-creating the Radio ExperienceSans
SoundInterrupt the broadcastMust be read before resuming showNew
Advantages:Can be stored for later reviewBed-shaker via USB
triggersCan send specialized messaging (multiple languages,
including Braille, evacuation centers with sign language, accepting
service animals)Can be Geo-targeted
Geneva, Switzerland, 24 October 2013*
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Reach individuals living in the US Gulf Coast who are deaf or
hard of hearing.
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18 Centimeter Android TabletGeneva, Switzerland, 24 October
2013*
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Geneva, Switzerland, 24 October 2013*Business Model
SustainabilityNPR Labs voicewriting system is providing 98%+
accuracy with: more consistent outputno dependence on expert
captioners for major events
Only 2 months of training time using ten screening assessments
(vs. three years and tens of thousands in curriculum training
costs)
Result is highly efficient process that bundles Captions with
Transcripts (Synchronized TTML & library archive formats)
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Business Model SustainabilityIn the U.S., underwriting mentions
more than offset costs (Captioning brought to you by . . .
.)Bundled captioning and transcription process additionally saves
40% of transcription costsAncillary revenues from academia
(disability support; campus events), radio station affinity
underwriting builds community connections Agnostic technology:
ITU-R-BS1894; InternetGeneva, Switzerland, 24 October 2013*
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Conclusions and RecommendationsCaptioned Radio is an idea whose
time is here!
Roughly of the hearing loss population is excluded from Radio
Globally, radio is robust, mature and widespread part of community
life
Resilient during emergencies when power grid is down
Geneva, Switzerland, 24 October 2013*
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In the futureAll audio must become readable audio
Geneva, Switzerland, 24 October 2013*
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International Center for Accessible Radio TechnologyDr. Ellyn
SheffieldICART Captioning Center - CLATowson UniversityTowson,
MarylandUSA [email protected]+1 (410) 704-6297Mike
StarlingVP, Technology Research CenterNational Public
RadioWashington, D.C.USA [email protected]+1 (202)
513-2484Geneva, Switzerland, 24 October 2013*
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