Accessibility Advance! Apple TV and iTunes Have Captioning Playback

According to Mike Shebanek, Apple's Senior Product Manager of Worldwide Product Marketing, Apple now includes closed captioning playback in Apple's QuickTime software, iTunes, and in the latest software for the iPod, and iPhone. Also, at Macworld 2008, the company show held in San Francisco recently, Apple announced a new AppleTV that also supports closed captioned playback. The software for the new AppleTV will also be available to existing AppleTV owners as a software update over the
Internet.  This is a big step forward for persons who rely on captioning.

AAPD lauds all companies who voluntarily make their products andservices more accessible to persons with disabilities. Captioning is used by millions of Americans with hearing and other disabilities. AAPD is a steering committee member of the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT), the nation's largest disability coalition working to ensure new mainstream technologies are accessible.

For more information on Apple accessibility send email to: accessibility@apple.com

COAT information at: http://www.coataccess.org