Organization Broadcasting Communications: A dedicated TV channel for the hearing impaired
Channel: Zero Project
Date: 2021-07-14

Welcome to the awardee video of  Organization Broadcasting Communications´s Listen with Your Eyes, a winner of the 2019 Zero Project Award on Independent Living and Political Participation.


In 1998 the Organization for Broadcasting and Communications for People with Disabilities, a Japanese certified non-profit organization, launched a service to make emergency information more accessible to the hearing impaired. In 2017 they revised it to meet international standards. Internet Protocol Television set-top boxes add closed captioning and signing to TV content in real-time. The service is provided through a dedicated channel called “Listening With Your Eyes,” and based on its success the Japanese government is looking to expand the programme.


Speaker:
Shigeta Kazuki, Organization Broadcasting Communications, Japan
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