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."

Comments

Try a little harder next time.

[westlake]

There is this thing called television. The deaf can readily get emergency information from it today.

Works only when your TV set is on.

Weather radios have a stand-by mode and battery back-up power.

You know what would've been nice...

[wonkey_monkey]

Just as a one-off, you might have subtitled the video.

Just sayin'.