From: kim@oasys.dt.navy.mil (John Kim)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.korean
Subject: Re: Cha Mak - closed caption decoder
Date: 14 Apr 92 02:21:33 GMT
Reply-To: kim@oasys.dt.navy.mil (John Kim)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Annapolis, MD

In soc.culture.korean, horne-scott@CS.YALE.EDU (Scott Horne) writes:
>In article <1992Apr12.220148.1@galluj>, ckim@galluj writes:
><
><I am really disappointed that the
><advertise about closed caption decoder did not mention about it for hearing
><impaired people or deaf people. I am really angry about Korean saleman selling
><closed caption decoder for television not to mention it for deaf or hearing
><impaired people.
>
>Indeed.  This is yet another example of disregard for the disabled.  But
>Korean salesmen aren't the only guilty ones:  I've seen closed-caption
>decoders advertised in many Chinese magazines, too, and *none* of them
>mentions that they're intended for the hearing-impaired.
>
>Fortunately, recent legislation will require all new TV sets produced in
>the US to contain a caption-decoding device.  (I don't know whether this
>legislation applies to foreign-made TV sets imported to the US.)  A chip
>to decode captions costs manufacturers only $5-$10, but the devices the
>hearing-impaired have had to buy cost well over $100.  Such legislation
>is long overdue.
>
>                                        --Scott
>
>--
>Scott Horne                               ...!{harvard,cmcl2,decvax}!yale!horne
>horne@cs.Yale.edu      SnailMail:  Box 7196 Yale Station, New Haven, CT   06520
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>Shao2shan1 sheng1 de tai4yang2 yong3 bu2 luo4!

    The samething Teletype device for the deaf (TDD) costs for the hearing 
impaired people over $250.00. This machine costs a lot for them while 
regular phone costs starting $50.00 for hearing people. AND phone bill 
is high because of time period of using than normal situation. AT&T 
set up the rate cheaper for deaf people but still high for long distant 
call. How many people could type on the device as fast as speaking in 
voice? How could I afford to international calls?

    Answering machine for the hearing people (regular people?) cost
starting $50.00 but answering machine with TDD machine cost over $400.00-
(correct me if there are cheaper price for that machine, I will purchase
it).  I'd rather buy Faxmilie but having another phone line for fax?
  Crazy..

    I enjoy the NBC, ABC, and CBS news and prime time shows with closed
captioned. Every sunday from 9:00 to 11:00 in the morning Korean Broadcast 
in Washington DC area aired Korean News and program while they are advertising 
Koreans Closed Captioned Decoder that is for deaf. I want to see KBS 
News what is happening in Korea but none of them provide closed caption 
for the people who are loosing hearing because of aging.

    The Cha-mak, closed caption device, is really good not only for 
deaf people but old people who are loosing hearing. I don't think this 
machine designs for improvement of English for non-English seapking 
hearing people. This gives people clear information to whom can't understand. 
As hard of heaing as I am, what I see on TV is full of slangs, profanities, 
and garbages on prime time shows, but I enjoy them ;-). Most of time
I enjoy PBS, sports, three major news and shows with closed captioned
decoder for better and clear information..

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