Archive for Accessibility
Amazon and Accessibility
We are always interested in what other company’s are doing to increase accessibility. While browsing the Puget Sound Business Journal this morning we learned that Amazon announced new features for the Kindle reading app. According to Dorothy Nicholls, vice president, Amazon Kindle, Amazon is “…excited to introduce these new features to our Kindle for iOS app, making it easier [...]
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File Sharing
The different divisions of ProMotion Holdings use filing sharing on a daily basis. Whether we are delivering a final video to a client through ProMotion Arts or transferring exhibits to a court reporter for Premier Realtime. Data is being transferred and shared in large amounts. While the volume of the files we share has increased [...]
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Mobile App Development
As mobile applications become a more integrated part of daily operations, companies are starting to make app development a part of their strategy conversation. Once the decision has been made to have an app developed the question becomes whether to create a web-based or native application. When approached by potential clients for app development, the [...]
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Caption Deadline Approaches
In October 2010, President Obama signed the Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (“CVAA”) into law, requiring the Commission to establish closed captioning rules for the owners, providers, and distributors of IP delivered video programming. The rules were adopted to better enable individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to view IP-delivered video [...]
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Accessible Olympics
At ProMotion Arts. we believe that accessiblity is a fundamental right. After researching sustainability at the Olympics we were curious how the London Olympic Committee considered accessibility when designing and implementing their 2012 Games. “The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are for everyone, everywhere, regardless of ability, age, language or background.” Their strategy [...]
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More Caption Options
This week YouTube announced that they are again increasing their ability to automatically caption videos. The goal is to continue to reach more viewers with hearing disabilities and language differences. Since YouTube add started to support captions in 2006 over 1.6 million captioned videos have been uploaded to YouTube. This is greatly improving viewer experience [...]
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Live Theater Accessiblity
In 2008, the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD) Award was created by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It was established with the goal to acknowledge arts administrators who are advocates for accessibility within their own organization and community. This year’s award was presented to The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) [...]
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Increases in Accessiblity
We are always interested in what other company’s are doing to increase accessibility. We just learned, through the Starbucks Blog, the company is now offering a Starbucks card with braille. At ProMotion Holdings, our vision is that accessibility is a fundamental right. We are pleased that Starbucks is working continuously to increase accessibility for the benefit of [...]
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+ Social Media
It is nearly impossible for businesses not be involved with social media. Whether it’s a twitter account, Facebook page, blog account, or another form of online media, companies have jumped onboard and there is no turning back. The only thing that can be predicted is that social media will continue to develop and shape the [...]
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Increasing Accessibility
We are always interested in what other company’s are doing to increase accessibility. When we learned that the Walt Disney Company was expanding their accessibility services within the Disneyland Park, we thought this was worth sharing. Beginning in July, guest with visual disabilities will now have access to a device that provides audio descriptions of [...]
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