https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-lay-flurrie-wants-to-help-put-disabled-people-on-an-equal-footing-xbox-adaptive-accessibility/

My first brush with accessibility tech was with closed captioning.

Like most people, I took it for granted and mostly ignored it as a setting on my TV. But one day, when I was fed up pausing my movie for the billionth time because an ambulance was blaring down our street, I decided to turn it on. Over time, it changed the way I watch TV -- to the point where I miss it when it's not there.