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Rep. Markey Introduces, “The 21st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act of 2009,” H.R. 3101 Ask Your Representatives to Co-Sponsor H.R. 3101,Office 2010!Ask Your Senators to Sponsor a Similar Bill in the Senate!Thank Representative Markey!On Friday afternoon,Office 2010 Professional, June 26, 2009 Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced comprehensive legislation to ensure that people with disabilities have access to Internet-based telecommunications and video programming technologies. The bill, the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 (H.R. 3101), would--
require that mobile and other Internet-based telecommunications devices and equipment be fully hearing aid compatible, have accessible user interfaces,Office Standard 2010, and offer people with disabilities use of a full range of text messaging and other popular services that are currently largely inaccessible; provide people who are deaf-blind with vital but costly technologies they need to communicate electronically; establish a process and time table for the provision of real-time text capability; clarify existing relay-to-relay, Lifeline and Linkup service requirements to ensure their relevance to the real world communications needs of people with disabilities; restore the Federal Communications Commission's modest video description rules and unambiguously establish the FCC's current and ongoing authority to expand such regulations; require emergency announcements and similar information to be accessible to people with disabilities through audible presentation of on-screen alerts; ensure that video programming offered via the Internet will be both captioned and described; call for all devices that receive and playback video programming to employ accessible user interfaces and allow ready access to captioning and description; strengthen consumers' ability to enforce their rights to communications and video accessibility through the establishment of a clearinghouse of information about service and equipment accessibility and usability, a meaningful FCC complaint process that holds industry accountable for their accessibility obligations, and judicial review of FCC action to ensure FCC accountability.
 ACTION STEPS1.    Contact your Member of the United States House of Representatives. Ask him or her to cosponsor H.R. 3101. Be sure to telephone, send E-mail, and a letter. Find your Member at https:writerep.house.govwriterepwelcome.shtml 2.    Write your two U.S. Senators and ask them to sponsor and introduce a similar bill to H.R. 3101. Find your Senators at 3.    Use the bullet points above as appropriate and include any personal stories about lack of access.4.    Thank Rep. Ed Markey for his leadership by using the Email Contact form at 5.    You can find a copy of this legislation on soon by typing in the bill number -- H.R. 3101. 6.    Pass this Action Alert along to others and encourage them to send letters & E-mails, make phone calls and to complete online contact forms. Be sure to mention "H.R. 3101" in any text or calls made. 7.    If possible, please send a copy to AAPD of any letters sent: AAPD, 1629 K Street NW, Suite 950,Microsoft Office Home And Student 2010, Washington, DC 20006.  Attn. J. SimpsonThese Action Steps should continue until there is a new COAT alert!AAPD is a founding and steering committee member of the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT). COAT is the broad-based cross-disability coalition of a great deal more than 240 national,Windows 7 License, regional, and community-based groups working together for information age equity for people with disabilities and is the leading entity supporting H.R. 3101. You can find additional information about the technology policy initiative at AAPD on our website at Also, information about COAT at