This page archives past NCAM projects. While the information remains relevant, some resources referenced are no longer available, so links to them have been removed.

Table of Contents

Introduction

About NCAM

Defining the Problem, Exploring Solutions

The Art Of Design

Prompts and Responses: System Concerns for Talking Menus

Speaking of Graphics

For DVD Developers

For the Set-top Box Developer

Best Practices for Talking Menus

The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) is a division of The Media Access Group at Boston’s public broadcaster WGBH. NCAM projects and initiatives expand the reach and refine the technologies of captioning and description, while breaking new ground in the fields of technology, media, disability, and education. NCAM’s fellow access departments at WGBH include The Caption Center, the world’s first captioning agency, founded in 1972, and the Descriptive Video Service which has made television, film and video more enjoyable to viewers who are blind or visually impaired since 1990.

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NCAM pioneered captioning and audio description on the Web and currently leads industry standards-setting activities related to built-in television closed-caption decoders, captions and audio descriptions in digital broadcasting, and accessible online learning. NCAM creates and disseminates tools, guidelines and resources related to digital delivery of captions and descriptions for the Web, DVDs, CD-ROMs, and first-run and IMAX films in theaters as well as media device navigation solutions for users with disabilities

For more information about NCAM projects and other media access guidelines, visit our website. You can reach us at:

(617) 300-3400 (v)

(617) 300-2489 (tty)

access@wgbh.org

Support for GBH is provided by:
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Thomas Wlodkowski, Larry Goldberg, Chris Schmidt

The Access to Convergent Media Project, July 2003

Support for GBH is provided by:
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Funding provided by the U.S. Department of Education, award number #H133G990105-01 through the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). Principal Investigator: Larry Goldberg.

The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media, WGBH Educational Foundation

1 Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135

Copyright 2003, WGBH Educational Foundation

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Contact NCAM

ncam@wgbh.org
617-300-3400

Director
Bryan Gould

Sr. Business & Production Manager
Peter Villa

NCAM at GBH
One Guest Street
Boston, MA 02135