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Comments on proposed FCC rules on user interfaces,...

Comments on proposed FCC rules on user interfaces, video programming guides and other products being accessible to those with problems seeing are due July 15 in docket 12-108, replies Aug. 7, said a commission notice in Tuesday’s Federal Register (http://1.usa.gov/16est6U).…

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“We also propose new rules to require activation of closed captioning and accessibility features via a mechanism that is reasonably comparable to a button, key, or icon.” The NPRM also proposed to do away with an “outdated” rule that analog TV makers label the sets based on whether they have a captioning decoder. Commissioners approved the item last month, with Ajit Pai concurring in part (CD June 3 p15).