Accessible emergency information, and apparatus requirements; Product and company certification. Conformity assessment (ICS code(s): 03.120.20); Domestic safety (ICS code(s): 13.120); Alarm and warning systems (ICS code(s): 13.320); Audio, video and audiovisual engineering (ICS code(s): 33.160); Television and radio broadcasting (ICS code(s): 33.170)

Accessible Emergency Information, and Apparatus Requirements for Emergency Information and Video Description: Implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010; (7 page(s), in English), (25 page(s), in English)

Proposed rule - In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) proposes to revise the Audible Crawl Rule, which requires video programming providers and distributors to make non-textual visual emergency information provided during non-newscast programming accessible via a secondary audio stream. The revised rule would provide that the accessibility requirement is met if a textual crawl provides emergency information duplicative of or equivalent to non-textual visual emergency information, so long as the textual crawl is also conveyed aurally.