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17

Years of
Experience

 

Mission

By developing accessible communications for everyone regardless of their abilities, Dicapta focuses on making sure that media, entertainment, and culture are widely available and accessible for people with sensory disabilities, as well as for Latinos living in the U.S.

 

 

 
 

4000+ Hours

ACCESSIBILITY ASSETS PRODUCED

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1000+

BENEFICIARIES SATISFIED

 

Our Exceptional Work

 

 

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Why Choose Dicapta ?

I have personally worked with DICAPTA from my different positions in companies like Discovery, BBC, Vme and now HITN and have always felt them as true partners in all our close caption and dubbing needs.

Guillermo Sierra, Head of Television and Digital Services, HITN

 
 

Our Collaborators


We work together respecting our diverse cultural backgrounds, opinions, and beliefs, with the common goal of leading the efforts for an inclusive world.

 

Amanda Cadena

Amanda
Cadena

Sergio Carrasquilla

Sergio
Carrasquilla

Daniel Strauss

Daniel
Strauss

Adriana Casas

Adriana
Casas

 

Our Latest Newsletters

 

New Rules regarding Television Closed Captioning Responsibilities Enter into Effect Today

 

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Today new rules governing the responsibilities of video programming distributors (VPDs) and video programmers for television closed captioning enter into effect. 

The new rules, released by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 19, 2016, accomplish the following:

  • “Assign responsibility for the quality of closed captioning to VPDs and video programmers, with each entity responsible for closed captioning issues that are primarily within its control;”
  • “Maintain current rules that place primary responsibility for the provision of closed captioning on television programming on VPDs, but also hold video programmers responsible for a lack of captions where they have failed to provide captions on non-exempt programs.”

The FCC also amended the captioning complaint procedures to include video programmers in the handling of complaints; and requires video programmers to register contact information and certify compliance with captioning obligations directly with the FCC.

What does all this mean for users?  Having a clear definition of the VPDs and video programmers responsibilities will make it easier to enforce closed captioning rules and will improve the availability and quality of closed captioning.  Now, it is up to us, the users, to raise our voice when we identify violations to these rules. 

To see the complete odf document with the new rules, please visit Closed Captioning of Video Programming; Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc., Petition for Rulemaking - Second Report and Order

 

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