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Gardner Educational Television seeks closed-captioning system (English + optional Spanish) to improve accessibility
Summary
Gardner Educational Television proposed buying a closed-captioning and transcription system for live meetings and video-on-demand; the vendor quote included English-only equipment plus a 10-year Spanish-language license option, raising cost questions for the subcommittee about ongoing funding and cable revenue declines.
Gardner Educational Television (GET) presented a budget request that includes a closed-captioning system to provide live English captions and an optional 10-year Spanish translation license, along with modest equipment purchases and staffing support.
GET manager Josty (first name not provided) said the station’s new producer, Shane Brown, has expanded sports and senior-center coverage and that upgrades would support…
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