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

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DEVELOPMENT

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.

 

Daniel Strauss

Daniel
Strauss

Carol Colmenares

Carol
Colmenares

Juanita Rodriguez

Juanita
Rodriguez

Sergio Carrasquilla

Sergio
Carrasquilla

 

Our Latest Newsletters

 

New Detailed Voice Guidance in Google Maps developed by and for People with Visual Impairment

 

Last Thursday, Google released a new version of Google Maps developed by and for People with Visual Impairment. This new version includes detailed audible walking directions for people with visual impairment.

Google Maps tells people the distance to their next turn, the current direction, and the street people are on. It gives alerts when they are crossing a large road. It also indicates that they are being re-routed when they have accidentally left their route. These types of instructions are useful for everybody, especially when people are walking in places they are not familiar with.

In the following video, Wakana Sugiyama, a legally blind Business Analyst at Google Japan, explains how Google’s detailed voice guidance works.

According to Wakana, "this feature is the first in Google Maps to be built from the ground up by, and for, people with vision impairments." It makes a significant difference when people with disabilities take an active part in new developments. The result is a technology that works for everybody.

 

Source: Sugiyama, Wakana. "Voice guidance in Maps, built for people with impaired vision." Google,  Oct 10, 2019, https://www.blog.google/products/maps/better-maps-for-people-with-vision-impairments/

 

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