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Section 1194.24 Video and Multi-media Products
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Voluntary Product Accessibility Template |
Criteria |
Supporting Features |
Remarks and Explanations |
a) All analog television displays 13 inches and larger,
and computer equipment that includes analog television
receiver or display circuitry, shall be equipped with
caption decoder circuitry which appropriately receives,
decodes, and displays closed captions from broadcast,
cable, videotape, and DVD signals. As soon as practicable,
but not later than July 1, 2002, widescreen digital television
(DTV) displays measuring at least 7.8 inches vertically,
DTV sets with conventional displays measuring at least
13 inches vertically, and stand-alone DTV tuners, whether
or not they are marketed with display screens, and computer
equipment that includes DTV receiver or display circuitry,
shall be equipped with caption decoder circuitry which
appropriately receives, decodes, and displays closed
captions from broadcast, cable, videotape, and DVD signals.
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Supported:
VBrick MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 encoder and decoder network
appliances support the encoding, transmission, and
decoding of closed captioning features
VBrick WM appliances support Closed Captions where
viewing is via PC player or Set Top Box.
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Closed Captions are captured from analog NTSC input,
packaged within compressed MPEG video streams, and
decoded to either CC-enabled televisions or to PC
desktops running StreamPlayer or Soft Top Box software.
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(b)
Television tuners, including tuner cards for use in
computers, shall be equipped with secondary audio program
playback circuitry.
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Not
Applicable |
VBrick
does not manufacture television tuners.
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(c)
All training and informational video and multimedia
productions which support the agency's mission, regardless
of format, that contain speech or other audio information
necessary for the comprehension of the content, shall
be open or closed captioned.
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Supported:
VBrick MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WM, and MPEG-4 products support the encoding
and transmission of closed captions to hardware decoders
or VBrick desktop software.
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(d)
All training and informational video and multimedia
productions which support the agency's mission, regardless
of format, that contain visual information necessary
for the comprehension of the content, shall be audio
described.
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Supported:
VBrick products allow for both audio and video encoding
and recording.
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(e)
Display or presentation of alternate text presentation
or audio descriptions shall be user-selectable unless
permanent.
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Supported:
Users can select whether closed captioning will be
displayed.
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