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Netflix's head of accessibility grew up with deaf parents, and it made her more aware that TV subtitles can be terrible

Por: Business Insider Entertainment September 24, 2022

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It was only when she watched TV at a friend's house as a child that Heather Dowdy realized people didn't always use subtitles.Dowdy, who was hired as Netflix's first director of product accessibility last year, used to watch shows like Family Matters at home when she grew up in Chicago in the 1990s. The subtitles would always be on, because her parents are deaf. That's what my parents automatically had, she told Insider.This... + full article



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