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?

Twitter

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

Captionfish

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