A project to develop and evaluate prototype personal health records and technology-based patient information systems to make them accessible to and usable by people with disabilities.

A publication of the Beyond the Text project.

Caption And Description Editing Tool

NCAM has developed CADET, (Caption and Description Editing Tool). CADET is free, downloadable caption-authoring software that enables anyone to easily produce high-quality caption files that are compatible with any media player that supports the display of captions and any web browser. CADET can also be used to generate audio-description scripts. CADET can caption online or offline media, and does not require users to upload private videos or proprietary content to the internet.

A project to develop technical solutions for delivering captioned content to iPods, cell phones, PDAs and other mobile devices.

TextStreamer, software that solves the problem of providing a single stream of captions for programs that are simultaneously broadcast and streamed online. TextStreamer works with any embedded video player, whether a native browser player or a custom design, and is also optimal for providing closed captions in an embedded video player that does not provide adequate built-in closed-caption support.

NCAM-created resources for producing accessible multimedia and Web sites.

IBM and NCAM research into delivering online audio descriptions via text-to-speech (TTS) methods, using HTML5 media elements, Javascript and TTML.

An NCAM-led initiative to enhance the nation’s emergency warning systems to better serve people with sensory disabilities.

A grant awarded to National Public Radio (NPR) and the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media to research and develop a prototype systems for delivering captions and audio descriptions via HD radio.

Providing an audio interface so blind and visually impaired viewers can operate a set-top box.

The project is based on technology that allows children who are blind or visually impaired to independently access additional information that is embedded within today's visually rich curriculum materials.

Recommended practices for audio descriptions of science images within digital talking books (DTBs) for the benefit of users who are blind or have low vision.

NCAM's fellow Access division at WGBH produces captioning and description for every kind of media created (television, feature films, DVD, Web- and mobile device-based).

Researching accessibility gaps within communication technologies used in the transportation industry.

NCAM staff lead an industry standards process within the IMS Global Learning Consortium that maintains the Access for All metadata and learner information standards, now ISO/IEC Standard 24751.