Inflight entertainment will soon be more accessible for deaf passengers.
Gogo — an inflight Internet and entertainment company — and the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) announced on Tuesday that the company will provide closed captioning on all of its content.
Gogo has already begun sourcing new content with closed caption options for its seatback and personal streaming entertainment systems. By June 30, 2017 all content from Gogo will be made accessible to passengers who are deaf or hard of hearing.
“Watching movies on a passenger’s own device has become a very popular product for Gogo and we are excited to provide access to this product to the deaf and hard of hearing," Ash ElDifrawi, Gogo’s chief commercial officer, said in a statement. Read more...
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