NPR Labs is Working on Emergency Alerts for the Deaf (Video)

When we think about NPR (National Public Radio) most of us think of A Prairie Home Companion or another favorite radio show. But NPR also has a research component, NPR Labs, that they say "is the nation's only not-for-profit broadcast technology research and development center." The video (below) is an interview with NPR person Maryfran Tyler about their pilot program designed "to demonstrate the delivery of emergency alerts to people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing in the Gulf Coast states through local public radio stations and the Public Radio Satellite System (PRSS®)." NPR also says, "This is the first effort to deliver real-time accessibility-targeted emergency messages, such as weather alerts, via radio broadcast texts."

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Re:And then it gets defunded

[Archangel Michael]

Actually, I'm not sure how successful this kind of thing really is.

How about an Obama Phone and using TXT messaging for the deaf? Or a Smart Phone. Or, we could develop a TXT only device for EBS.

There are a dozen other ways, off the top of my head, that they could accomplish the goals without spending a dime of tax payer money to solve the problem. ALL cheaper than whatever they are spending on re-inventing the wheel.

Only Democrats look at a problem and think it is a problem that Tax dollars need to solve, when there are already very good, or even marginal alternatives available. Because that is the first AND ONLY thought a stupid liberal has "Government needs to fund this, because otherwise it won't happen, and it makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside when we spend other peoples money on things only we see as problems."