Closed-captioning started in 1980 (back then you had to buy a large external tuner with caption decoder to see them- there was a very small number of TVs with them built-in and they had to be special-ordered; it wasn't until the 90s that those became commonplace) Before, they would sometimes do 'open-captoined' broadcasts where the captions were right on the picture, I also remember particularly on PBS a circle in the corner of the screen with someone doing sign language (parodied in Airplane)
@eyeh8nbc You're right, I think I can tag down the date where closed-caption decoders became mandatory in newer televisions 13" and larger. I think it was about 1993, about the same time the V-chip also became mandatory as well.
Her sign was rather too English. Was it before ASL was introduced?
DrSharpEye 2 weeks ago
Closed-captioning started in 1980 (back then you had to buy a large external tuner with caption decoder to see them- there was a very small number of TVs with them built-in and they had to be special-ordered; it wasn't until the 90s that those became commonplace) Before, they would sometimes do 'open-captoined' broadcasts where the captions were right on the picture, I also remember particularly on PBS a circle in the corner of the screen with someone doing sign language (parodied in Airplane)
eyeh8nbc 6 months ago
@eyeh8nbc You're right, I think I can tag down the date where closed-caption decoders became mandatory in newer televisions 13" and larger. I think it was about 1993, about the same time the V-chip also became mandatory as well.
newstarcadefan 3 months ago
Love that big hair!!!
gootenslog 1 year ago 2
i know her!!!
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