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An Update on Hearing Accessible Technology
September 2013
What is Captionfish?
• The internets’ leading captioned movies search engine.
• Solve a problem: lack of information for accessible movies onlineSolution: Comprehensive data and ease of useWe wanted Captionfish to be “as easy as opening a newspaper to find movie times”
The Team
• Chris Sano• Brendan Gramer• Nanci Linke-Ellis
Where Can You Find Us?
New Technologies is helping to make captioning pervasive beyond
Movies and TV Shows
Beyond Broadcast Television
• Hulu• YouTube• iPhone apps (Watch ABC, ABC Family, CBS, etc)• Web Series (‘All My Children”)• Netflix• Streaming videos • Video on Demand• Live Theatre• Sports Stadiums
Beyond Broadcast TV 2
• In-flight Airline Movies (United Airlines)• Cruise Ship Television• Airports/Train Stations• iPad • iPhone• Android (537 smart phones on the market today)
Beyond Broadcast TV - 3
• Museum Exhibits• Aquariums• Live Opera (The Met in HD)• Video Games• Courtrooms
Beyond Broadcast TV - 4
• Convention DIY Event Planner
• Google Talk
• I-911 Emergency Alert Systems
Captioning Challenges
• Each Platform Requires a New Caption File
• Who Pays?
• Monitoring Use and Complaints
• Technology Obsolescence Factor
How To Request Accommodations
• Find the Name of the Access Coordinator for the venue (if non, the Box Office Manager)
• Send a Letter or Email
• Be Specific About Show, Date, Time (Matinee or Evening Performance)
How to Request Accommodations
• Explanation of Performance Captions (or For Appropriate Event)
• Explain the Difference Between Having a Hearing Loss or Being Deaf and Unable to Understand Sign Language
• Why Captions Are Your Reasonable Accommodations (and not an ALD or ASL)
D*Cinema Captions• Regal, Cinemark and Carmike Cinemas have
made every screen accessible to deaf and vision impaired patrons.
• AMC to have accessible technology installed by the end of 2014
• Smaller chains and independents
Current Captioning DevicesRWC Captiview
Sony
OC
Future Captioning Devices?Microsoft Smart Glasses Google Glass
Vuzix SMART glasses
