CEA Polled TV Manufacturers on Caption Access, It Says in FCC Ex Parte Filing

TV manufacturers intend to make caption display settings accessible “through several methods including a button on the remote or access through the first level of a menu,” CEA said in an ex parte letter in docket 12-108 reporting the results of an informal poll it did of TV manufacturers on the interface used for accessibility features such as closed captions. No TV manufacturers that responded plan to provide access to closed captions and video description via only voice or gesture control, CEA said. Manufacturers are instead using buttons and icons to provide access to those features, and some are incorporating voice or gesture commands as “additional access mechanisms,” CEA said.