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At 10:08 AM -0700 8/16/97, ºµ»Ê wrote:
>My library has some VHS tapes bought from the states and have the mark "cc"
>on the tape packing. What does this mean and what kind of equipment to use
>this?

This means that the tapes have text of the dialog that can be displayed
using a Closed Caption decoder. These days such technology is often built
into TV sets so you may already have the equipment. Otherwise you need a
seperate unit. This is a feature for the hearing impared that often shows
up on tapes.


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Library Internet Resources Co-ordinator webguru at gtu.edu
(currently Gilles Poitras gpoitras at gtu.edu)
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