Earlier this month, Academy award-winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin tweeted the following:
"On Continental and they have DirecTV. DirecTV has captions on my TV at home but NONE here. Come on! What will it take? PLS RT"Marlee makes a good point. Why isn't closed captioning (CC) available on LiveTV's newest generation LTV3 system, which is being fitted to Continental's Boeing domestic fleet?
The answer is that CC is coming to Continental!
LiveTV director of product development Scott Easterling tells RWG: "We are working closely with DirecTV on this to ensure the in-flight version of CC is consistent with their in-home experience. We plan to have the entire LTV3 fleet equipped with CC in the first half of 2011. We are very excited about this feature."
He adds: "The technology is advancing and in the case of CC, it translates to a great user experience."
You can follow Marlee on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MarleeMatlin.
(Photo above of LTV3 taken by my sister Angela, who loved watching 90 channels of live television on her Continental flight to Texas.)
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