[Missouri-l] {Disarmed} Fw: [coataccess] COAT website news/updates: as of Friday February 12, 2010

[Chip Hailey]

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From: Jenifer Simpson 
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Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 2:24 PM
Subject: [coataccess] COAT website news/updates: as of Friday February 12, 2010


  

Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) News/updates as of Friday, February 12, 2010. 

Radio spot on HR 3101! If you listen to WGN Radio 720 AM, broadcasting from Chicago, Illinois, be sure to tune in on Tuesday evening, February 16 at approximately 11:15 p.m. Central Time. Ray Campbell, American Council of the Blind Board Member, will be interviewed on WGN Radio about H.R. 3101, "The 21st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act." The segment should last about 45 minutes.  You can also listen live via IPhone application. See how to do this at http://tiny.cc/tjVhX  Totally cool, you go, Ray!



LATEST NEWS/COAT website updates. Please "add comment" to any of the news stories below if you have an update, opinion or clarifying information. Thanks! 

COAT Advocates Soldier On Despite Blizzards, Cancellations, Power Failures, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/6622
COAT Affiliates Hit Home Run: Major League Baseball Websites Now More Accessible, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/6617
COAT Affiliates Confer with AT&T on Accessibility & Aging Marketing Topics, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/6584
Updated story:  Scofflaw Wireless Companies 7-Eleven, Firefly, Appalachian Wireless, Cellular One, others fined by FCC for hearing aid compatibility violations, at http://tiny.cc/mfx5D

Is Dallas Cowboys Stadium Made More Accessible with Hand-Held Devices? at http://tiny.cc/SoS9n

Communication Workers of America (CWA) Union includes disability access in Comments to FCC on National Broadband Plan! at  http://tiny.cc/nSyow

South Korean Government Launches website accessibility reviews, at  http://tiny.cc/yBlE9

COAT International friend Media Access Australia targets TV news sites for accessibility review, at http://tiny.cc/ZLfBp 

COAT Intl Friend RNIB instrumental in developing digital TV set top box with speech output accessibility, at http://tiny.cc/fNEsn
Best practice: PBS Program "Digital nation" is Captioned on Internet Replay, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/6581

New Caption Action 2 blog post: Flo TV Can't Commit to Captioning! http://tinyurl.com/ykw8a2g



Welcome 6 new COAT affiliates! We're glad you got your COAT on! We're now 287 groups strong! COAT strong!

Video Caption Corporation, http://www.vicaps.com

NexTalk at http://ww.nextalk.com!

Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of hearing, at http://srskansas.org/kcdhh/

Caption Perfect, North Carolina, at http://www.captionperfect.com/
Winged Words Transcription, Virginia, at http://winged-words.net
Wisconsin Association of the Deaf, http://www.wi-deaf.org/web2/ 
Reminder: Use what you can in ADVOCATE'S TOOLKIT to move HR 3101 forward, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/5533 Take it on and take it away!
Social Media  Twitter: Follow COAT on Twitter.com using "@coataccess".  We now have over 574 followers! Let's make it 580 tweeters soon! And, why not join your over 256 friends at the "Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology" Facebook group! See & post photos! Post your announcements! Tell us what you're doing! Let us know about the radio or TV show you got on to talk about HR 3101! Provide any URLs for Op-eds or other stories you see or make happen on HR 3101!

Thank YOU for your continuing efforts to make accessible communications and video accessibility happen! Snow isn't going to stop us! Dig out and press forward, step by step, together! We will reach the goals!

Sent out by Jenifer Simpson at AAPD, a founding and steering committee member of the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) More at http:/www.coataccess.org.    P.S. if you find dead URLs or broken links, bad spelling, or something wrong, please let us know at info at coataccess.org  Thanks!

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