Turn on those captions!

San Francisco is considering a law that would require TVs in public locations (lobbies, restaurants, airports, etc.) to display captions at all times.  What a great idea, and why not?  The capability is already built in, and this would provide a robust channel for communicating with deaf and hard of hearing people about emergencies, at the very least.  But don’t fine the scofflaws; make them wear a scarlet ASL instead!

SAN FRANCISCO / Bill would require captioning on TVs

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