[sbe-eas] Contents of sbe-eas Digest, Vol 241, Issue 8

Fri Jan 26 18:50:58 EST 2024

It wouldn't be like that.   It wouldn't pass over the legacy "over the air
daisy chain", it would only be via CAP/IPAWS.  And only the alert in the
language the end-station sets their EAS box to request would be fed, not
all 14 (or whatever) different languages.

On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 6:06 PM Bill Lee <blee at oru.edu> wrote:

> Sounds like a great idea, till one finds how difficult and expensive the
> “enhancement” costs.
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> How long would an EAS alert last with 14 different languages (assuming one
> alert after another 14 times).
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> 1. Re: FCC Proposes Multilingual Alerting (Dave Turnmire)
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> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:52:18 -0700
> From: Dave Turnmire <eassbelist at gmail.com>
> To: sbe-eas at sbe.org
> Subject: Re: [sbe-eas] FCC Proposes Multilingual Alerting
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> I find it interesting that the latter third of the document is labeled
> "Non-Public Draft"? ?
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> Other comments/observations after a quick read:
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> * Does existing EAS equipment have the storage capacity to accommodate
> these templates & associated audio files?It would appear that some
> amount of TTS would be required as the ?templates? wouldn?t include
> key info such as location.The EAS equipment would thus require
> having the hardware and software resources to provide TTS for those
> 14 languages.Or alternatively, that different versions of ?firmware?
> be provided by vendors for each of the 14 languages to support
> broadcasters? primary language.But what of broadcasters that
> broadcast primarily in one language, but broadcast in another
> language for significant periods of time?Presumably their EAS box to
> support more than one language (presumably not more than 2 or 3),
> for either ?simultaneous? broadcast or language triggered by automation
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> The FCC suggests as an alternative, that the templates leave out the
> location entirely and say something like ?/A wildfire alert has been
> issued for your area. *Please contact local authorities* or check
> local news sources for more information./?.Hard to imagine that the
> ?local authorities? would like everyone in their community calling
> them to ask IF the alert applies to them.Seems more likely that
> often the public will just ignore the message.
> * Does current cable system technology allow for sending out more than
> one version of an alert? English for most channels, but other
> languages for some?
> * EAS is NOT WEA.WEA is inherently limited in the amount of
> information that can be provided to the public EAS can provide much
> more(at best 360 characters, vs @1800). But that also will likely
> make it more difficult to come up with a template based alert that
> is as effective as the human generated alert? in the case of English.
> * Would originators be allowed to use a complete/accurate English
> version, while using the closest approximate for templates in other
> languages?Hard to imagine a template would provide as effective
> communications as a human generated version? albeit it would be
> better than the common scenario where there are NO non-English
> alerts.But the NPRM /appears/ to indicate that templates must be
> used for English as well as non-English.
> * Would the FCC provide legal protection to Government agencies for
> initiating alerts that they are unable to vet for accuracy?
> * We are STILL waiting for one prominent EAS product vendor to release
> software updates for the last FCC rule making.This one would appear
> to be much more complicated.It calls into question whether there are
> resource limitations at the equipment vendors that would make this
> an impractical change.And the commission seems to looking primarily
> at the labor costs for EAS Participants to install updates.It
> ignores the fact that broadcasters are already seeing sharply
> increased ?costs of ownership? passed on by their vendors who are
> passing on the development costs imposed by the FCC.
> * Will these templates be updated/corrected by the FCC as rapidly as
> they have approved ARS submissions??
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> Dave
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> On 1/26/2024 7:59 AM, Walke, Larry via sbe-eas wrote:
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> > The FCC has published a draft NPRM that proposes to increase the use
> > of multilingual EAS alerts using language templates. Any initial
> > thoughts on the technical feasibility, cost, etc of the FCC?s proposal
> > would be appreciated.
> > https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-400038A1.pdf
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> > **
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> > *Larry Walke*
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> > Associate General Counsel
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> > Legal & Regulatory
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> > National Association of Broadcasters
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