USA - Accessible Emergency Information, and Apparatus Requirements for Emergency Information and Video Description: Implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010

​The FCC proposed rule would revise the Audible Crawl Rule for emergency information in video programing.

The current rule requires video programing providers and distributors to make non-textual visual emergency information shown during non-newscast programing accessible through a secondary audio stream.

The FCC proposes that the requirement can be satisfied when:
- A textual crawl provides emergency information that is duplicative of or equivalent to the non-textual visual emergency information; and
- That textual crawl is also provided aurally.

The proposal is intended to clarify how emergency information can be made accessible to viewers, particularly individuals who are blind or visually impaired.