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june 1, 1994 Focus Editor By WILMA BLOKHUIS This is Captioning Awareness Week. To the average television viewer, this means nothing; to the deaf and hardâ€" ofâ€"hearing, it‘s a breakthrough in communication. "Yes, about 95% of our prime time is captioned, and about 80% overall, but we need to monitor the type of captioning. But, first our goal is to reach 100% capâ€" tioning of all television proâ€" gramming in Canada, before addressing quality concerns," said Kennedy. "For close to three milâ€" lion Canadians (10% of this country‘s population) who are deaf or hardâ€"ofâ€"hearing, captions provide access to television programs, like news broadcasts," says Kennedy. "Imagine tuning Kennedy. "Imagine tuning | y into an image of an earthâ€" quake or fire, and not being able to hear where this disaster is occurring "In the years to come, CCI will continue to provide the deaf and hard of hearing as well as the literacy and the Englishâ€"asâ€"aâ€"Second Language communities with access to captioned television programs." In addition to making teleâ€" vision programs accessible to the deaf community, children and the nearly five million Canadians who are funcnonally illiterate can learn to ‘read‘ television. An Oakville nonâ€"profit charitable company now in its third year of operation, Canada Caption Inc. (CCI), acts as a clearing house for all captioning done in this country. It raisâ€" es the funds and makes the money from sponsors available to broadcasters to have their television programs captioned. The company, which solicits funds for captioning from large corporations in return for a five to 15â€"second billboard overlay recognizing their donation broadcast to the entire audience, aims to reach its 100% goal by the year 2000. "By the year 2000, more than 30% of Canadians are expected to experience some degree of hearing loss as the baby boomers age," states a CCI press release. But, it‘s not enough, says Kathryn Kennedy, CCI‘s genâ€" eral manager. Obtaining the funds to pay for this captioning isn‘t the only problem facing CCI. Captioning is to be provided in Line 21 of the Vertical Blanking Interval (VBI), appearing as printed words across the bottom of the screen. However, this is not guaranteed in Canada, says Kennedy, objecting to Canada not following the lead set by the United States in passing the ‘Television Decoder Circuitry Act‘ that stipulates all television sets over 13 inchâ€" es sold after July 1,1993 must be equipped with captioning decoder circuitry. Kennedy noted that television sets sold in Canada after 1537 Main St. E. at Weir, Hamilton §45â€"2388 o. SEE US FOR ALL YOUR NEEDS UNDER ONE ROOF 'Fuminue *Families «Wiring «Wallpaper ardware 'Wood -Au%saia More 1' MacKENZIE‘S GIFTS Canada lacks regulation of captioning for the deaf *A Real Shopping Experience *Now In Our 24th Year NO G.S.T. 3 soms4310 2E for Mountain Bike 26"x1.5. Get a Road Feel out of your Mountain Bike. m AND GET 1 ulc on|y e THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH AT THE WATERDOWN LOCATION ONLY. SLICK ON ROAD TIRE Cemn Many more parts inâ€"stock for the doâ€"itâ€"yourself handy person. Some items may not be exactly as illustrated. that date are most likely equipped with captioning decoder circuitry, but unlike the USA, there is no legislation stipulatâ€" ing that Line 21 of the VBI be exclusively used for captionâ€" ing. "You could have this equipment built into your TV set, press the button, and get something other than the desired captioning coming across the bottom of your screen," said Kennedy. "It could be used for anything because there is no legislation in Canada protecting its use." Lack of a policy, and regulations stipulating the type of captioning to be provided results in uneven and sometimes inadequate service. Kennedy explained there are three kinds of captioning being made available â€" Live Display, Offâ€"Line, and Realâ€" "Realâ€"Time is the best quality captioning, being able to include both scripted and unscripted portions of a program." The transcription is transferred from a stenograph machine using the phonetic alphabet to a computer which translates the signal into English text . "The CRTC permits broadcasters to log captioned hours, with equal credit allowed to all of the three methods of capâ€" tioning . . . the CRTC log designations, crediting captioned hours, regardless of quality, serves as a deterrent for broadâ€" casters to provide (the) higher quality captions." Offâ€"Line captioning is done "ahead by broadcastâ€" ers, perhaps a week in p advance by obtaining a script;" and Realâ€"Time is ‘captioned live‘ by profesâ€" sional trained people â€" most of them court stenographers "so are so fast that the word is on the sereen three seconds after it‘s been said." This is used mostly for sports. All three methods of captioning are acceptable to the federal broadcast regulator, the CRTC â€" Canadian Radioâ€" Television Telecommunications Commission. Hence, the deaf and heardâ€"ofâ€"hearing viewer often missâ€" es out â€" especially when watching newscasts â€" with broadcasters choosing to use the cheaper teleprompter scripting as captioning, despite having the technology to provide a better, more complete service. Captioning costs in Canada run between $400 to $1,000, depending on the type of programming and captions used. What CCI aims to achieve in Canada has long existed in the United States, and all television programming originating in the USA comes with captioning. SOLA »TUBE, one of the world‘s most popular natural light sources, is now installed in over 100,000 homes throughout the world â€" many of which are located right here in Ontario. Especially after the . severe winter we have just experienced, SOLA »«TUBE has proven itself to be the performanceâ€"driven ‘skylight‘ of the decade. And satisfaction of our customers with their purchases of SOLA « TUBE is extremely high... 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