Sunday, December 16, 2007

Freddie Mac Posts Uncaptioned Video on YouTube

Freddie Mac has posted a video on YouTube, to help people avoid fraud when they find themselves facing possible foreclosure. I checked it out, and this video is not captioned. Is it required to be? No. Title IV of the ADA requires that any Public Service Announcements that get any funding from the Federal government be captioned. However, Freddie Mac is not a government agency; it is a private company that was chartered by Congress.

Even if they are not a Federal agency, Freddie Mac should have captioned this video. It is a de facto public service announcement from a private company. The information provided needs to be accessible to all.

2 comments:

Bill said...

I captioned if anyone is interested.
http://www.overstream.net/view.php?oid=evrqiyl3srm9

Bill said...

If you think this is an important video, here is a captioned version:
http://www.overstream.net/view.php?oid=evrqiyl3srm9