National Association of the Deaf

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) expressed disappointment with the Fox TV show, "American Idol" for providing the incorrect voting phone numbers in its captioning during the Tuesday May 10, 2005 singing competition. The NAD believes that errors in captioning such as those in American Idol can be easily avoided.

Kelby Brick, the Director of Law & Advocacy for the National Association of the Deaf, said that, "Typographical errors happen way too often. The NAD has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking them to set minimum captioning quality rules. The 'American Idol' captioning error has demonstrated that such errors in captioning too often leaves deaf and hard of hearing Americans with misinformation."

You can take action and let FOX TV know that they must improve their captioning at:
http://www.nad.org/americanidol

The NAD petition to set minimum captioning quality rules is available at:
http://www.nad.org/fcccaptionpetitions