1. Making Media Accessible: From Analog to Digital (and back again, sometimes) Madeleine Rothberg OzeWAI 29 November 2006

2. It all began with Julia… The first captioned TV program (1973): “Julia Child’s French Chef”

3. Open Captioned News The first captioned TV news program (1974): “The Captioned ABC Evening News”

4. Closed Captioning Launched in 1980

5. Alternate languages also available

6. Access Services  The Caption Center (est. 1972) Captions television, home videos, feature films, CD & DVD-ROM  Descriptive Video Service (est. 1990) Describes television, home videos, feature films by inserting key visual elements during pauses in dialogue

7. What is DVS? (Descriptive Video Service) Lion KingThe Simpsons

8. NCAM WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (est. 1993) Research and development facility supports national policy decisions develops technical solutions conducts research on media access for home, school, and work

9. Analog Captions Technology Unchanged for 20+ Years Decoders Available for 10+ Years

10. US DTV Captions DTVCC has advanced graphics capabilities Caption Windows Pen Sizes (3) Fonts (8), Colors (8) Opacity Edging Derived/Native 708 Prototype 708

11. US DTV Caption Options DTVCC Advanced Graphics Capabilities Set By Program Set By User Preference

12. Captioning Online Nova Online

13. Captioning Online AOL - CNN and Kids On LineKids On Line

14. Captioning Online Google Video

15. Captioning and DVS Online Ten O'clock News Accessible Clip Gallery

16. Movie Theaters & Access Mopix =Rear Window® Captioning + DVS Theatrical® Installed in over 100 conventional theaters, IMAX theaters, Disney Attractions and National Parks

17. MoPix = Rear Window Captioning + DVS-Theatrical

18. Mopix Every major Hollywood studio has made a selection of films accessible Many theater chains, including AMC Theatres, Loews Theatres, Crown Theatres and Famous Players Theatres are equipped. A number of IMAX theaters are also equipped Advocacy ongoing, spearheaded by patrons across the country…

19. Accessible DVDs - Closed captioning - Descriptive narration - “Talking Menus” or audio navigation Published guidelines for creating audio navigation, available to download. http://ncam.wgbh.org/resources/talkingmenus/

20. Access to Digital Cinema Systems Work with industry standards organizations to ensure inclusion of captioning and description in evolving dCinema specifications Resulting solutions will be “technology neutral” and not tied to current access delivery solutions

21. Contact: http://access.wgbh.org Madeleine Rothberg Director of R&D WGBH National Center for Accessible Media Madeleine_Rothberg@wgbh.org