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[email protected] · October 24th 06, 07:24 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:
The FCC is currently investigating closed caption radio for the hard of
hearing. WGBO and NPR are working on this project. Any thoughts? Is
it pretty easy for stations to convert their sound stream into
captioning. I wonder if anyone knows what kind of changes in receivers
we would need. The newer radios already type song titles and station
id's.

Thanks.

What a great idea. I wouls imagine a radio with sub-carrier capability
would do the trick. The problem will be converting audio accurately to
text. Many of the services that convert text for TV programs can be
highly inaccurate and sometimes just stop all together. But it is
better than nothing. An automated solution would be ideal - here's
hoping.