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Just recently I came across a very useful program called the Captioned Media Program.
The program, which is administered by the National Association of the Deaf, has the goal of providing deaf and hearing-impaired people with access to captioned media resources. The goal is to integrate captioned media in the hearing-impaired and deaf communities for lifelong use. The organization is also a captioning and training center.
The Captioned Media Program follows the Department of Education's strategic plan. The main goals of the program are to ensure that all deaf or hearing-impaired students have the opportunity to achieve academic excellence; advocating for accessible materials and the establishment and maintenance of captioning quality standards; and involving consumers in the selection, evaluation and distribution of captioned materials.
The fourth goal is to explore and adapt new technology to assist hearing-impaired or deaf people with obtaining available resources.
The organization achieves these objectives via funding from the U.S. Department of Education.
The Captioned Media Program offers a variety of services.
A free loan media program is offered in which individuals can choose from more than 4,000 open-captioned titles in video, CD-ROM and DVD formats. There is no rental or registration fee to use the service.
Deaf and hearing-impaired people, along with parents and teachers, can borrow the material. Titles range from classic movies, educational materials and special interest material. The open-captioned titles have built-in captions that are displayed automatically without the need for a closed-caption decoder.
Another service offered is a clearinghouse of information on the subject of captioning. The material is available in print or online for consumers, agencies, businesses and schools.
There is also a database of captioned material available for purchase.
The final service offered by the Captioned Media Program is to provide training and captioning and captioning guidelines and other assistance to organizations wishing to pass the evaluation to be listed on the "Approved Captioning Service Vendor" list maintained by the U.S. Department of Education.
When ordering from the Captioned Media Program it can be done very easily through its Web site, mail or calling their toll-free number via voice, TTY or fax.
The program offers material in Spanish as well.
More information on this program can be obtained online at www.cfv.org or by calling (800) 237-6213 for voice calls or (800) 237-6819 for TTY calls. Carrie Barrepski, a native of Livonia, Mich., lives in Western Massachusetts. You can learn more about Carrie at her Web site, www.carriewrites.adalaw.net She can be reached at carriewrites@yahoo.com
Just recently I came across a very useful program called the Captioned Media Program.
The program, which is administered by the National Association of the Deaf, has the goal of providing deaf and hearing-impaired people with access to captioned media resources. The goal is to integrate captioned media in the hearing-impaired and deaf communities for lifelong use. The organization is also a captioning and training center.
The Captioned Media Program follows the Department of Education's strategic plan. The main goals of the program are to ensure that all deaf or hearing-impaired students have the opportunity to achieve academic excellence; advocating for accessible materials and the establishment and maintenance of captioning quality standards; and involving consumers in the selection, evaluation and distribution of captioned materials.
The fourth goal is to explore and adapt new technology to assist hearing-impaired or deaf people with obtaining available resources.
The organization achieves these objectives via funding from the U.S. Department of Education.
The Captioned Media Program offers a variety of services.
A free loan media program is offered in which individuals can choose from more than 4,000 open-captioned titles in video, CD-ROM and DVD formats. There is no rental or registration fee to use the service.
Deaf and hearing-impaired people, along with parents and teachers, can borrow the material. Titles range from classic movies, educational materials and special interest material. The open-captioned titles have built-in captions that are displayed automatically without the need for a closed-caption decoder.
Another service offered is a clearinghouse of information on the subject of captioning. The material is available in print or online for consumers, agencies, businesses and schools.
There is also a database of captioned material available for purchase.
The final service offered by the Captioned Media Program is to provide training and captioning and captioning guidelines and other assistance to organizations wishing to pass the evaluation to be listed on the "Approved Captioning Service Vendor" list maintained by the U.S. Department of Education.
When ordering from the Captioned Media Program it can be done very easily through its Web site, mail or calling their toll-free number via voice, TTY or fax.
The program offers material in Spanish as well.
More information on this program can be obtained online at www.cfv.org or by calling (800) 237-6213 for voice calls or (800) 237-6819 for TTY calls. Carrie Barrepski, a native of Livonia, Mich., lives in Western Massachusetts. You can learn more about Carrie at her Web site, www.carriewrites.adalaw.net She can be reached at carriewrites@yahoo.com