SBIR/STTR Research Award
REDUCED-COST CLOSED-CAPTIONING CONSUMER DECODERS FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED
Award amount
$229,300Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Education
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Eeg Enterprises, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
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Research abstract
THE CLOSED-CAPTIONING CONSUMER DECODERS (TELE-CAPTION I&II) ARE HIGHLY DEVELOPED UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN QUANTITY PRODUCTION. TELE-CAPTION II HAS BEEN MARKETED AT ABOUT $200RETAIL. COST REDUCTION FOR A REPLACEMENT DECODER WILL REQUIRE COST REDUCTIONS IN EACH OF THE SUB-UNIT COMPONENTS SUCH AS TUNER, IF-DEMODULATOR, IN THE DECODER CIRCUITS AND UL APPROVALS AS WELL. THE USE OF A CONSUMER/VIDEO DECODER TO INTEFERE WITH A PRE- VIOUSLY OWNED VCR OR A TV MONITOR-RECEIVER WILL ALSO BE EX- PLORED.
Technology keywords
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