Why do some televised speeches and broadcasts have sign language translators when we have closed captions?

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I’m sure we’ve all seen many public press conferences which also show a picture-in-picture of someone doing a signing translation. What is the point of that in those cases when we have closed captions?

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They may need accommodation for the deaf people in the audience. Also, if the display doesn’t decode cc data (video walls, video projectors or live news beoadcasts), you have no way to display it.

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