APPLE ANNOUNCES CAPTIONING ADVANCES

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TDI News Release

- APPLE ANNOUNCES CAPTIONING ADVANCES

- HOUSE RELEASES DRAFT OF 21ST CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO

- LAST CALL FOR ADVERTISERS ON TDI BLUE BOOK AND NEW TDI WORLD OPPORTUNITIES

Mike Shebanek, Apple's Senior Product Manager of Worldwide Product Marketing announced that closed captioning playback is now available in Apple's QuickTime software, iTunes for both Windows and Mac operating systems, and in the latest software for the iPod, and iPhone.

Apple has also introduced closed captioned movies on iTunes, so you can now buy or rent movies with closed captioning.

Shebanek also notes that the captioning technology they use is based on SCC files commonly used on DVDs, but also can use the traditional TV-style Line 21 captioned content. Apple includes an application called "Compressor" in its Final Cut Studio software that enables anyone to add the closed captioning content to a video production and output it so it can playback in iTunes for Windows and Mac, iPod, iPhone, AppleTV, and in QuickTime on a Mac and PC.

New Opportunity to Advertise in 2008

TDI Blue Book Advertisers

About TDI - Shaping An Accessible World

TDI is a membership organization that promotes equal access to
telecommunications, media, and information technology for 31 million Americans who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Would your business be interested in reaching out to deaf and hard of hearing customers? We are in the home stretch of securing advertising commitments for the 2008 TDI Blue Book - and we welcome more ads for the next four issues of our new quarterly magazine, TDI World.

We distribute 8,000 copies of the Blue Book throughout the year to an estimated 200,000 readers.

You have until February 6, 2008 to send us advertising copy for the Blue Book.

If you need any other information, please contact TDI at
advertising www.tdi-online.org

Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology

House Releases 21st Century Communications And Video Accessibility Act For People With Disabilities

As a member of the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT), TDI shares in the good news from the U.S. Capitol during the final weeks of the year.

On December 21, 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives released a draft bill, the long-awaited "Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act" This proposal is a dramatic and comprehensive step forward for consumers with disabilities.

For more information and updates on this draft legislation or COAT, go to www.coataccess.org