Web + Multimedia
Accessible Designs for Personal Health Records
A project to develop and evaluate prototype personal health records and technology-based patient information systems to make them accessible to and usable by people with disabilities.
Accessible Digital Media Guidelines
A publication of the Beyond the Text project.
Captioning Solutions for Handheld Media and Mobile Devices
A project to develop technical solutions for delivering captioned content to iPods, cell phones, PDAs and other mobile devices.
NCAT
NCAT resources
Tools & Guidelines
NCAM-created resources for producing accessible multimedia and Web sites.
Using HTML5 and Javascript to Deliver Text-Based Audio Descriptions
IBM and NCAM research into delivering online audio descriptions via text-to-speech (TTS) methods, using HTML5 media elements, Javascript and TTML.
Related Projects
Invent + Build » Analog + Digital TV Index
Access to Emergency Alerts for People with Disabilities
An NCAM-led initiative to enhance the nation’s emergency warning systems to better serve people with sensory disabilities.
Experience + Learn » Media at Home + Work
Accessible Digital Radio Broadcast Services
A grant awarded to National Public Radio (NPR) and the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media to research and develop a prototype systems for delivering captions and audio descriptions via HD radio.
Invent + Build » Analog + Digital TV Index
Developer's Guide to Creating Talking Menus for Set-top Boxes and DVDs
Providing an audio interface so blind and visually impaired viewers can operate a set-top box.
Experience + Learn » Educational Media
E-description: Extended and Enhanced Descriptions
The project is based on technology that allows children who are blind or visually impaired to independently access additional information that is embedded within today's visually rich curriculum materials.
Experience + Learn » Educational Media
Effective Practices for Description of Science Content within Digital Talking Books
Recommended practices for audio descriptions of science images within digital talking books (DTBs) for the benefit of users who are blind or have low vision.
Experience + Learn » Media at Home + Work
Media Access Group at WGBH - Creating Captioned and Described Content
NCAM's fellow Access division at WGBH produces captioning and description for every kind of media created (television, feature films, DVD, Web- and mobile device-based).
Experience + Learn » Educational Media
Specifications for Accessible Learning Technologies
NCAM staff lead an industry standards process within the IMS Global Learning Consortium that maintains the Access for All metadata and learner information standards, now ISO/IEC Standard 24751.
