Closed captions arrive on The Tonight Show era
Pittsburgh AP features Amy Bowien who types captioning for TV using a steno machine. Captions began on NBC shows in 1980 with Leno’s Tonight Show debut. now common on prime time. Built in decoders will be required on most TVs after 1993. Human captioners rely on phonetic keying and complex combos.
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