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An Update on Hearing Accessible Technology

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

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  1. An Update on Hearing Accessible Technology September 2013

  2. 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”

  3. The Team • Chris Sano • Brendan Gramer • Nanci Linke-Ellis

  4. Where Can You Find Us?

  5. Twitter

  6. New Technologies is helping to make captioning pervasive beyond Movies and TV Shows

  7. 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

  8. 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)

  9. Beyond Broadcast TV - 3 • Museum Exhibits • Aquariums • Live Opera (The Met in HD) • Video Games • Courtrooms

  10. Beyond Broadcast TV - 4 • Convention DIY Event Planner • Google Talk • I-911 Emergency Alert Systems

  11. Captioning Challenges • Each Platform Requires a New Caption File • Who Pays? • Monitoring Use and Complaints • Technology Obsolescence Factor

  12. 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)

  13. 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)

  14. 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

  15. Current Captioning Devices Captiview RWC OC Sony

  16. Future Captioning Devices? Google Glass Microsoft Smart Glasses Vuzix SMART glasses

  17. Captionfish Nanci Linke-Ellis • nanci@captionfish.com • www.captionfish.com

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