Dicapta logo with the tagline - Accessible Communication Developers.

 

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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

Emerging Technologies

DEVELOPMENT

1000+

BENEFICIARIES SATISFIED

 

Our Exceptional Work

 

 

Accessibility

Technology

Media Services

 
 

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.

 

Xiomara Huertas

Xiomara
Huertas

Alfonso Florez

Alfonso
Flórez

Adriana Casas

Adriana
Casas

Sergio Carrasquilla

Sergio
Carrasquilla

 

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Approaching Deadline to Submit Comments to Department of Justice on Web Accessibility of State and Local Government Entities

 

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August 8th is the deadline to submit comments to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Supplemental Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SANPRM) titled Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities. In other words, the DOJ is looking for comments on the regulation implementing title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that applies to accessibility of State and local government entities on the web.

An Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published on July 26, 2010, revising the regulations implementing title II and III of the ADA. Since then, the Internet and the technology have gone through big changes and the DOJ wants to update its proposed regulation to adapt it to the technology changes. Even though this SANPRM is only related to title II, it will impact future regulation related to title III.  Title III applies to public accommodations and services operated by private entities.

The DOJ wants to gain a better understanding of the benefits and costs of a web accessibility regulation. Its SANPRM includes 123 questions that cover access requirements for web sites and web content of public entities, as well as benefits and costs of web access regulations. 

The following questions refer particularly to people with hearing and vision disabilities:

  • “Question 58….How does Web accessibility benefit people with vision disabilities?  Please provide any information that can assist the Department in quantifying these benefits.”
  • “Question 59….How does Web accessibility benefit people who are deaf or hard of hearing?  Is there any data or studies available that examine how often people seek and use sound when visiting public entity (or other) Web sites?  Please provide any information that can assist the Department in quantifying these benefits.”
  • “Question 106: How often do individuals with vision or hearing disabilities attempt to access synchronized media on public entities’ Web sites?” 
  • “Question 107: What do individuals with vision or hearing disabilities do when synchronized media is not captioned or audio described?” 
  • “Question 108: To what extent do persons with vision or hearing disabilities refrain from using public entities’ Web sites due to a lack of captioning or audio description?”

Go ahead and send your comments before August 8th by clicking the Submit a Formal Comment button on the Federal Register Page of the SANPRM. So far, only 20 comments have been submitted. 

Approaching Deadline to Submit Comments to Department of Justice on Web Accessibility of State and Local Government Entitie

 

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