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Audio Description Project . July 2014

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ― Margaret Mead. Audio Description Project . July 2014. Video Description in Spanish State of the Art. Introduction Dicapta

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Audio Description Project . July 2014

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  1. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ― Margaret Mead Audio Description Project. July 2014

  2. Video Description in Spanish State of the Art • Introduction Dicapta • Video Description in Spanish around the world • Hispanics with disabilities (Profile in US) • Video Description in Spanish- Current State in the US • The power of sharing resources You Describe Collaborations with Federal Projects International Collaborations • WhatsCinema • Conclusion

  3. Dicapta • Serving the Hispanic community since 2001 • Funded by OSEP since 2005 to provide captioning and video description in Spanish • Collaborating with different organizations representing the Hispanic community and their needs. (DCMP, VDRDC, NCDB, Family Center for Technology and Disabilities) • Library of Congress • VITAC Creating Description: An Art that Goes Beyond the Language

  4. Description in Spanish around the world

  5. The Hispanic Population • According to the 2010 Census…. • 50.0 million (16%) of 308.7 million people residing in the United States as of April 1, 2010 are Hispanic. • ¨More than half of the growth in the total population of US between 2000 and 2010 was due to the increase in the Hispanic population¨. • We want to highlight… • According to Nielsen 80% of Hispanic households prefer to watch TV in Spanish. • The major Hispanic population is concentrated in the most important TV markets. ( Texas, California, Illinois, Florida, and NY)

  6. Where we are…

  7. Hispanic children with Visual Disabilities • Parents • High Illiteracy Rate • Lack of Participation by Parents in the Educational Process • Language Barriers • Children • Don’t have a Strong Linguistic Foundation • Don’t receive Support from Parents in their Educational Process • Don’t receive Prompt Attention • Don’t receive Appropriate Materials. Available Resources (Books, Videos, Audiovisual Material) are in English

  8. Hispanic with Visual Disabilities According to NIH (National Institute of Health) • Latinos develop visual impairments and blindness at the highest rate of any ethnic group in the country • High Illiteracy Rate • Language Barriers • More likely to report low quality of life.

  9. The Incidence of Visual Disabilities by Populations Source: Cornell University: Disability Statistics Online Resource for U.S. Disability Statistics http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/disabilitystatistics/reports/acs.cfm

  10. Video Description in Spanish -Current State - • The only programming with description in Spanish available is the one funded by the Department of Education. • Dicapta has provided around 3,000 hours available through V-me, HITN and TU TV (Corporación para la Difusión Pública de Puerto Rico), Semillitas. A couple of hours are also available on a loan basis through the Library for the Blind in Puerto Rico. • DCMP has 576 tiles in Spanish with captions and description. (funded by OSEP) • NCI has provided around 100 hours for Plaza Sésamo. ( funded by OSEP)

  11. Video Description in Spanish -Current State - 1. With the bill in place, high risk of fewer funds to do video description 2. Entertaining, recreational, and cultural events? ACCESIBILITY CANNOT BE GRANT DEPENDANT!

  12. The power of sharing resources

  13. Video Description in Spanish -Current State - Findings: • Workshop Let's go to the movies Benefits of captions and video description Availability of the services Regulation Technical details to turn the services on Educational Guides A data base with contact information of 500 people is available to start different strategies.

  14. Video Description in Spanish -Current State - Using You Describe We are using a tutorial created for the VDRDC to give general guidelines about description. It is available in Spanish and English. Description Tutorials http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNJrbI_nyy9uzywoJfyDRoeKA1SaIEFJ7 In Spanish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm3rTwAxH20&list=PLNJrbI_nyy9sZmflPvSFv_WwuNVivLyBr

  15. Dicapta Partnerships and Collaborations • The Family Center on Technology and Disability Isabel needs AT AT : An Overview to the Assesment for AT PSA on Video Description • Center on Technology & Disability (5 years project) • Collaboration with Federal Deaf- blind projects : Florida, NY, NCDB,California • DCMP • VDRDC

  16. Dicapta Partnerships and Collaborations International Collaborations Educational Content: ILCE-México EDUCAR- Argentina Canal Capital-Colombia RTVC-Colombia Mincultura -Colombia UdeA-Colombia UNAD-Colombia Organizations: Unión Latinoamericana de Ciegos- ULAC Escuela Colombiana de Rehabiitación CESyA –España

  17. Exciting News! Dicapta Foundation WhatsCinema Universal Design Including everyone Low cost platform For education and entertainment

  18. Conclusion It is just a matter of working together to get there!

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