CCACAPTIONING

"L'accessibilità, lo abbiamo detto tante volte in questi mesi, è questione di volontà, di passione, di vocazione ma soprattutto di diritti e di doveri. Diritti delle persone con cecità e sordità di partecipare attivamente all'offerta culturale del proprio Paese, dovere della politica, degli amministratori e degli operatori culturali di formarsi, reperire informazioni, cercare specialisti e tecnici dell'accessibilità. Anche se non è facile, a volte le professionalità giuste si trovano tra persone che nella vita di tutti i giorni si occupano di cose apparentemente diverse, ma che coltivano con passione, devozione, ottimismo, inventiva, fantasia e competenza tutte quelle attività che si rivelano fondamentali per l'accessibilità - teatrale nel nostro caso. Oggi è il turno di Gianluca Aloi, una delle menti 'tecniche' più importanti dello spettacolo 'Le Avventure del Piccolo Burattino'. Lo abbiamo intervistato per voi, e anche un po' per noi."

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"Minnesota Campaign Ad Captioning Law (2008) Senator Ann Rest's Video Explains the Law In the Minnesota tradition of commitment to access, the 2008 Legislature passed a law requiring all candidates for office who file with the Campaign Finance Board to caption their online and television ads and post transcripts of their radio ads. Minnesota citizens who are deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing and who want to get information about candidates through campaign ads will now be able to do so. In the following captioned video, Minnesota Senator Ann Rest demonstrates the power of captioning in creating accessibility. A transcript of the audio content with video descriptions is also available. This video was produced by Senate Media Services and is used with permission."

"From John Waldo and the WA-CAP in Washington State. An excellent illustration of the sort of captioning inclusion we need in many forms of transportation - ferries, trains, buses, airplanes, cruise ships - copied with permission from this important advocacy site online. (...) Installation of the visual paging system is being done to resolve a lawsuit that the Washington State Communication Access Project (Wash-CAP) brought against WSF in 2008. The suit was quickly resolved in the form of an agreed order signed by the court. WSF has been working promptly and diligently to implement the terms of that order, and deserves our commendation and thanks."

Originally published at http://www.hearinglosslaw.com/2010/11/articles/washcap-1/washington-state-ferries/ferry-system-to-install-messagedisplay-system/ - check hearinglosslaw.com for further bookmarking.

The Innovate blog has disappeared, but the post is still available at http://innovateblog.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/three-video-captioning-tools (without pictures, unfortunately)

"CCAC Letter for distribution. If you copy and use this, please credit this website and the CCAC. Below the letter is more information about why captioning is needed in this "category of life." For immediate distribution (March 2011) (...) Due to the importance of this assistive technology, the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) recognizes CART as an auxiliary aid that is considered an effective communication access for those who depend on it. Not only is it an effective assistive technology for those with hearing loss, but also, captioning is useful for people who are learning "English as a second language, children learning how to read and visual learners". (...)"

"US OPEN TENNIS - SEPTEMBER 2011 - FIRST TIME INCLUSION OF CAPTIONING (...) Closed-captioning is required for television programming in the United States. If a sporting event is shown in a noisy bar, gym or other public venue, oftentimes the audio is muted, and all patrons, even the hearing patrons, benefit from the closed-captioning. In a stadium or arena, once again, all patrons can benefit from open captioning displayed on the ribbon board or giant video boards. The acoustics in some stadiums make it difficult to understand the announcements. This is particularly important if there is an emergency. With the Baby Boomers reaching retirement age, the hard-of-hearing population is increasing. Many people with age-related hearing loss do not consider themselves hard-of-hearing and are not aware of services offered. If captioning were available everywhere for everyone, nobody would ever be left out of the conversation again! Prepared for the CCAC by: Jennifer M. Bonfilio, RMR-CBC-CCP | President of Operations | Coast 2 Coast Captioning"

"WHY CART FOR…COURTS, JUSTICE An article from the NCRA Journal of Court Reporting from years ago, by Deanna Baker CCAC: This gives us a wonderful first hand report of the experience of a CART professional. We can all imagine how important the "language of real time text" was for the person who required it. The CCAC aims to add first hand reports from "consumers" also. (...)"

Thread started Nov 10, 2011. In the private CCAC google group, hence only viewable to members who are signed in.

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