Op-Ed: Why “reg-neg” pact on accessible IFE should be preserved
Closed captions for the deaf, audio descriptions for the blind, and user-friendly system interfaces are likely to be mandated soon on all ai... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: closed captions
Air Canada A220 business seat excites with comfort options
With over 24 hours of transit under my belt, the last flight of a multi-leg trip home to Seattle from Dubai was finally here. I had been loo... Continue Reading
Flying first, flying private: an NBAA travel tale
New digital platforms which connect consumers to private jets, on-demand shared charter flights, travel clubs and semi-private hybrid operat... Continue Reading
ATR highlights applications of hearing loops, braille to remove barriers
Nearly five hundred million people worldwide – more than six percent of the global population – have hearing loss to a level tha... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: People with disabilities want to travel, too
There are a number of misconceptions about people with disabilities (PWDs) and their desire for travel, and even their wherewithal to do so.... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Making the case for more accessible air travel
Welcome to Episode 45 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Mika Pyyhkala. Focused on technology and transportation, Mika is ... Continue Reading
Seniors, not disabled people, drive airline assistance provisions
A commonly quoted industry statistic is that one in every 100 air travel passengers requires assistance either at the airport or on the airc... Continue Reading
Press Release: Gov’t taps APEX to help on IFE captions, descriptive audio
In an effort to move forward with its intention to establish rules regarding closed captions and descriptive audio services in inflight ente... Continue Reading
Gogo and US Deaf group agree landmark captioning deal
Gogo – in its guise as a growing provider of inflight entertainment thanks to its on-demand streaming service, Gogo Vision – is ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Gogo to start including closed captioning on all streaming content
Today, we are proud to announce that we have reached an agreement with the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) to provide closed captioni... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Industry progresses in provision of closed captions for IFE
NEWPORT BEACH: From 2006 – when solutions to enable the provision of closed captions on inflight entertainment first began to be withi... Continue Reading
Air Canada enhances IFE options for visually impaired passengers
Air Canada is further enhancing the entertainment options available for its visually impaired passengers, after becoming the first airline i... Continue Reading
JetBlue talks HD, VOD, and OLED screens
During JetBlue’s A321 media preview this week, the airline gave some insight into the technical constraints of its new LTV4 live telev... Continue Reading
Industry-wide approach needed for captioning IFE
One of the most hotly anticipated events at the recent APEX Technology Committee meeting in Universal City, California was the session featu... Continue Reading
Closed captioning for IFE is coming, though not soon enough
Deaf and hard of hearing (HoH) passengers have been calling on airlines to offer closed captioning (CC) of IFE for years. But even though US... Continue Reading
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