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An Update on Hearing Accessible Technology. September 2013. What is Captionfish?. The internets’ leading captioned movies search engine.
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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
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 Devices Captiview RWC OC Sony
Future Captioning Devices? Google Glass Microsoft Smart Glasses Vuzix SMART glasses
Captionfish Nanci Linke-Ellis • nanci@captionfish.com • www.captionfish.com