Overview
MAGpie 2 is a tool for creating closed captions and audio (video) descriptions. Authors can add captions and audio descriptions to QuickTime, Real, Windows Media Player, or Flash presentations (via Adobe Flash components and players that support it, e.g. NCAM's "CC for Flash" component and ccPlayer.)
MAGpie 2 development was funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) and by the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF).
MAGpie 1.0 development was funded by the Trace Research and Development Center at the University of Wisconsin
System Requirements
The following software are required to author captions and audio descriptions with MAGpie:
- Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, NT, or XP or Macintosh OSX.
- If using MAGpie to caption or describe RealMedia files, RealPlayer 7 or newer is required.
- 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
- 32-40 MB free space on hard disk for installation of MAGpie, QuickTime Player (required), Java Runtime Edition (required), and GriNS player (optional, Windows only)
- Microphone for audio description recording, if desired.
Starting MAGpie
To run MAGpie 2.0 on Windows, open the file MAGpie2.bat from the desktop or Start menu. If you want to view the java console window, open the file MAGpie2_debug.bat from the MAGpie application directory.
On a Mac, open the MAGpie2 icon located in the folder in which you installed the application, which is probably Macintosh HD:Applications:MAGpie2.
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