09 February 2005 (second message) Hi, Thank you for your reply, Jim. I hope all is well. What is Line 21? I do not understand what that means. When I turned on the captioning, I had to choose from CCTV1, CCTV2, CCTV3, CCTV4, Text1, Text2, Text3, Text4 and XDS. What do they mean? Please note that the captioning turned on only with CCTV1 - not with any of the others. However, XDS sometimes gave me the title of the program that was on the air, and how many minutes remained during the show. Also, many of the recorded shows seem to have as poor a quality as live shows. I'm beginning to wonder if the captioning decoder in my television might be defective. Finally, who is Joe Clark? Many thanks again! Regards, Gil Shamir University Legal Services, Inc. Assistive Technology Program for the District of Columbia 220 I Street, NE, Suite 130 Washington, DC 20002 Telephone: (202) 547-0198 ext. 121 (voice) FAX: (202) 547-2662 or (202) 547-2083 E-mail: [log in to unmask] _____ From: Jim Tobias [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 11:14 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Question about captioning quality in broadcast as opposed to cable or satellite I guess I don't see a reason for a difference in errors. If you're getting the pictures over broadcast, it's unlikely that you're not getting the characters in line 21. The biggest difference I'm familiar with is live shows versus recorded shows. Live shows are understandably worse. Is Joe Clark on the list? *********** Jim Tobias Inclusive Technologies [log in to unmask] +732.441.0831 v/tty www.inclusive.com _____ From: * EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of gil shamir Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:22 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Question about captioning quality in broadcast as opposed to cable or satellite 09 February 2005 Hi, I hope all is well. I have a question about caption quality in broadcast as opposed to cable or satellite. Within the last year and a half or so, I purchased a television with an internal caption decoder. I recently turned it on and noticed a very high error rate on the broadcast shows. I do not subscribe to cable or satellite. On a recent trip I stayed at a hotel and watched the standard hotel channels (e.g., TNT, Lifetime, and the broadcast networks such as NBC) with the television captions turned on, and noticed a much lower error rate. Why would the error rate be much higher with broadcast as opposed to hotel cable/satellite? Many thanks for your consideration of this note, and I look forward to your replies. Regards, Gil Shamir University Legal Services, Inc. Assistive Technology Program for the District of Columbia 220 I Street, NE, Suite 130 Washington, DC 20002 Telephone: (202) 547-0198 ext. 121 (voice) FAX: (202) 547-2662 or (202) 547-2083 E-mail: [log in to unmask]