• DocumentCode
    793447
  • Title

    EIA-708-B digital closed captioning implementation

  • Author

    Blanchard, Robert N.

  • Volume
    49
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    567
  • Lastpage
    570
  • Abstract
    The FCC has mandated implementation of the EIA-708-B standard for digital closed captioning by July 1, 2002. The paper reviews some important digital closed captioning implementation issues and recommendations addressed in EIA/CEA CEB-10-A, "EIA-708-B Implementation Guidance". The topics are related to: caption service descriptors; window dimensions and attributes; handling reset, delay, and cancel commands; multi-byte commands.
  • Keywords
    digital television; television standards; EIA-708-B digital closed captioning; FCC; cancel commands; caption service descriptors; delay commands; digital television; multi-byte commands; reset commands; window attributes; window dimensions; window expansion; Availability; Decoding; Delay; Digital TV; Displays; FCC; Standards publication; User interfaces;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0098-3063
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCE.2003.1233773
  • Filename
    1233773