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Also in 1982, the NCI provided the first real-time captioning for a live event, the
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formed a task force in 1972 to create the technology to provide captions of television broadcasts without an unreasonably large financial burden on television networks or local television stations. Federal funding paid for the technology. Viewers would buy an adapter for their televisions that would
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mployees have been attempting to …. There are a considerable number of employees … that have expressed interest …. union … will be holding a meeting on June 29…. he threat is serious. NCI's position… is solidly against unionization. I will be sending a company-wide communication to this effect ….
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to develop the first caption-decoding microchip to be built directly into new television sets in the factory. It led to the passage of the
Television Decoder Circuitry Act in 1990, mandating that all new television sets 13 inches or larger manufactured for sale in the U.S. contain caption-decoding
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NCI responded with actions that according to the judge violated labor laws, "which included firing two workers, interrogating employees, searching employees' chat logs for union discussions, sending anti-union emails to employees, maintaining an unlawful social media policy, and maintaining an
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In 2015–2016, National
Captioning Institute employees attempted to organize with the Communication Workers of America (CWA), again in an effort to have reasonable workloads, receive annual cost-of-living raises, and prevent cuts in employee benefit plans." he National Association of Broadcast
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National Captioning Institute terminated the employment of 14 employees who had joined the National Association of Employees and Transmission Technicians in an effort to have reasonable workloads, receive annual cost-of-living raises, and prevent cuts in employee benefit plans.
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In 1982, the NCI developed real-time captioning, a process for captioning newscasts, sports events, and other live broadcasts as the events are being televised, thereby bringing thousands of households into national conversations in a way that had previously been impossible.
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honoring the work of the
National Captioning Institute on March 19, 1980. In 1981, Hollywood Radio and Television Society gave an award to the National Captioning Institute for developing the closed captioning system for television shows.
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minute. The ad-libs and the awarding of the Oscars were live captioned by the steno captioner, while a production coordinator displays the prepared captions of the scripted portions of the broadcast. Later that year, ABC's "
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decided not the join the group at first because CBS preferred a different captioning system that was being used in Europe. John E.D. Ball was the founding president of the
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Workers of America, AFL–CIO (the Union) attempted to unionize NCI's TX and CA offices. On June 26, Toschi sent this email to NCI management about the Union:"
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announced plans for closed-captioning of twenty hours per week of television shows. The National Captioning Institute established its original headquarters in
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Rattner, Steven (April 16, 1979). "Washington Watch: Legislative Veto Faces Test Studying the Energy Department Broadcasters Help the Deaf Briefcases".
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decode and display the text while watching closed-captioned television programs. Up to that point, captioning of television shows was rare, with
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Brown, Les (February 5, 1980). "New Device Calls Up Printed Matter on TV: How the Systems Vary Regarded as Superior Way The First Programs".
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to indicate that a program is captioned by National Captioning Institute. National Captioning Institute also has an office in
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Stevens, Mary (May 5, 1989). "Captioning gives deaf whole story".
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