[vicsireland] Fw: [i2010-inclusion] Free Guidelines from WGBH - Create Accessible Digital Media
- From: "Gerry Ellis" <gerry.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "VICS" <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:36:55 +0100
Hi,
Please see below information that I think is quite important.
I think that highlighting initiatives like this would help VICS promote
accessibility in mainstream products as is demanded by our white Paper.
should we contact Mary and ask her how we can work with her to promote these in
ireland and Europe?
thanks.
Gerry Ellis
t/a Feel The BenefIT
Tel (+353-1) 282-7791
Mob (085) 716-8665
email gerry.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you don't know where you're going,
How will you know when you get there?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Watkins" <Mary_Watkins@xxxxxxxx>
To: <i2010-inclusion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 8:00 PM
Subject: [i2010-inclusion] Free Guidelines from WGBH - Create Accessible
Digital Media
Guidelines for Creating Accessible Digital Media Published by WGBH
Boston, MA (July 2006). The WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM),
a division of public broadcaster and access technology pioneer WGBH Boston,
announces publication of "Accessible Digital Media: Design Guidelines for
Electronic Publications, Multimedia and the Web."
These guidelines, providing step-by-step solutions for making a variety of
electronic media accessible to users with sensory disabilities, are now
available free of charge at http://ncam.wgbh.org/publications/adm/ . A free CD
containing the guidelines is also available; e-mail access@xxxxxxxx to order
single or multiple copies.
These guidelines are the culmination of the "Beyond the Text" project
(http://ncam.wgbh.org/ebooks), conducted by NCAM and funded by the National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) of the U.S.
Department of Education . Project staff studied methods for integrating
accessible multimedia into e-books and digital talking books (DTBs), and the
results of this research have been incorporated into the guidelines. The
document is a greatly expanded version of recommendations first published in
2000 and revised in 2003, under projects funded by the National Science
Foundation .
"Accessible Digital Media: Design Guidelines for Electronic Publications,
Multimedia and the Web" presents solutions to accessibility obstacles in a
format designed to educate and assist digital publishers as well as Web and
content developers. As with tools previously created by NCAM, including MAGpie
(free, do-it-yourself captioning and audio description software) and
CaptionKeeper (a tool for migrating captions created for analog video to
digital formats), NCAM anticipates that the ready availability of these
guidelines will help accelerate the creation of e-books, DTBs, software and Web
sites with accessible images, multimedia, interactivity, data tables, graphs,
and mathematical and scientific expressions.
Geoff Freed, project manager for "Beyond the Text," comments, "While the
guidelines focus largely on content creation for educational materials, the
solutions and recommendations are not restricted to academic settings. Lifelong
learning is expected of every individual in the 21st century and advancement in
the workplace is often tied to learning new skills and concepts. Corporate
trainers and knowledge-management experts in all fields utilize interactive and
Web-based content for professional development, and learning materials of all
types now include multimedia- movies and audio clips and a variety of
interactive elements."
Those interested in building accessibility into digital materials may also want
to review the results of another NCAM initiative which promotes the design of
accessible learning management systems, used by many schools, universities and
workplaces. NCAM's Specifications for Accessible Learning Technologies (SALT)
Partnership established an accessibility working group within the IMS Global
Learning Consortium (IMS). This work, producing specifications for a
universally designed infrastructure for adaptable learning systems, will result
in an international standard from the International Organization on
Standardization (ISO).
Please contact NCAM if you have comments about these guidelines or suggestions
for future revisions. We also encourage you to visit NCAM's Web site
(http://ncam.wgbh.org) to explore other ongoing access initiatives.
About NCAM
NCAM is part of the Media Access Group at WGBH, which also includes:
. The Caption Center, which first developed captioning for TV in the early '70s
and,
. Descriptive Video Service®, a TV access service launched in 1990 to offer
description of on-screen action, settings, costumes and character expressions
to people who are blind and visually impaired.
Since its founding in 1993, the National Center for Accessible Media has been
the R&D pioneer in the field of media access, advancing the accessibility of
all forms of media in a wide range of venues, including movie theaters, the
Internet, digital television and mobile media in the home, classroom, workplace
and community.
For additional information about all of NCAM's activities and the projects,
please visit http://ncam.wgbh.org.
CONTACT:
Mary Watkins
Media Access Group at WGBH
mary_watkins@xxxxxxxx
phone: 617 300-3700 voice
617 300-2489 TTY
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