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The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) is a research and development division of the WGBH Educational Foundation in Boston, dedicated to the issues of media and information technology for people with disabilities in their homes, schools, workplaces, and communities. With a dedicated staff of experts researching new frontiers of accessibility, and a 25-year history of making media accessible, NCAM offers a unique expertise in this highly specialized field. Benefits include:

Accessibility evaluation and training on a wide array of platforms:

  • Web
  • Multimedia
  • Broadcast
  • DVD
  • Digital television
  • Distance-learning and LMS

Standards compliance for Section 508 and other standards and guidelines from:

  • W3C
  • Federal Access Board
  • State and local groups
  • FCC
  • Advanced Television Systems Committee
  • Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
  • Consumer electronics Association
  • IMS global Learning Consortium

Navigation and user interface accessibility solutions to a range of devices, such as:

  • On-screen menus
  • Media players
  • DVDs
  • Interactive television
  • E-books

For more detailed information, or to become strategic partner, please contact Donna Danielewski.


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NCAM is part of the Media Access Group at WGBH