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Creative Technological Compliance With Section 508 Across Various

Agencies

Dave Gardy

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The Able TV Channelon the TVWorldwide.com

Network• Developed proprietary “Webcaptingsm” process in

2000

• “Aimcasts” to demographic attracts NCR, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems and 2000 Democratic Convention

• Largest Internet archive of streaming video on disability and captioned video streaming

• Pioneering solutions provider for Section 508 streaming media challenges

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The Able TV Channelon the TVWorldwide.com Network

• Tapped years of streaming video and production expertise to perfect applications for captioning of archived video using MAGPIE in concert withproprietary compression techniques

• Deployed this technology in Internet TV programming targeted to the community of those with disabilities… yielding valuable feedback

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The Able TV Channelon the TVWorldwide.com

Network• Took lessons learned from feedback on archived

captioned video and researched solutions for captioning challenges in livewebcasting applications such as latency and synchronization

• Developed “WEBCAPTINGsm”Live captioned video streaming by optimizing encoder of stenographer to work with webcast encoder with captioning resident to actual video stream

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Able TV Adds Audio Description and Text Search for Complete Solution

• During video compression process, Able TV and TVWorldwide.com technicians add narrated description to audio track.This can also be done in live webcast production with narrator on site, “miked” into audio mixer.

• Text search allows captioning to be searched for specific word and moves to that point in the video presentation, advancing the slide if present

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Able TV adds TVWorldwide.com“Globeshowsm” Format

Interactive Video/Powerpoint• In addition to captioning and audio description,

viewer can now access power point slides of video presentation in separate HTML window as speaker gives presentation on video.

• Participant can ask questions via chat and e-mail

• Interactive testing and instant accreditation

“Globeshow” can be done live or archived.

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TVWorldwide.com and Accessibility

TVWorldwide.com utilizes accessibility features to bring Section 508 solutions to government agency applications for Internet TV audience of those with disabilities and others in live and archived form. Here are some examples shown from a CD-ROM.– GSA Accessibility Forum

– FDA Webcast on Electronic Submissions

– SBA Alpha Entrepreneur Program

– Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs “VA Reports”

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Other TVWorldwide.com Projects for Government Agencies

• NIST Conference on IT Accessibility

• ITTATC Section 508 webcast series

• U.S. Chemical Safety Board

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• IDEAS conference/ Department of Agriculture