The Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information recommends that the Parliament should adopt as a basis the bill on amendments to several laws re improvement of access to information by persons with hearing disabilities

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
28 March 2013, 11:55

 

According to the document (Reg. No. 2384), the minimal share of official messages, movies, videos, broadcasts and programs adapted for perception by persons with hearing disabilities (subtitles or hand-language) should be not less than 5 percent of the daily broadcasting from 07:00 to 22:00.   

It is planned also to oblige television broadcasting organizations to provide subtitles and translation into hand-language of official messages, movies, videos, broadcasts and programs.

The bill proposes also to empower the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine to supervise the provision of subtitles and translation into hand-language of official messages, movies, videos, broadcasts and programs.