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Accessible Educational Media is our main contribution

Enhanced Access to Video for Students with Sensory Disabilities through Emerging Technology - EnhAccess

 

Collaboration

Dissemination & Distribution

Production

TV & Movie Access

It is a pleasure to share our passion for using technology to enhance access to TV and Movies for everybody, regardless of the audience's sensory abilities. Technology helps us produce and deliver high-quality AD (audio descriptions) and CC (closed captions) for selected educational TV programs and films.

This work is funded under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education- Office of Special Education-OSEP, project "Enhanced Access to Video for Students with Sensory Disabilities through Emerging Technology," TV Access H327C210001.

Collaboration

We invite Selected producers of TV/Films to review the general criteria for participating in our project

EnhAccess:

  • Is your content suitable to be used in a K-12 classroom setting?
  • Are you exempt from FCC regulations regarding closed captions and audio description?
  • Is your content available now, or will it be widely available in the U.S.?
  • Do you want to reach new audiences?
  • Are you interested in making this world accessible?

Dissemination & Distribution

We partner with T.V./Film industry leaders, consumer organizations, educational service providers, researchers, and accessibility experts to ensure accessible content produced under EnhAccess reaches the beneficiaries.

Dissemination activities include training workshops, TV campaigns promoting accessible content, awareness activities to educate the TV/Film industry on the needs of people with sensory disabilities, and participation in conferences, podcasts, newsletters of organizations, and educational events on the field.

Three women stand in front of an Iberoamerican Film Festival Miami mural. A guide dog sits in front of the woman on the left.

A couple watches TV. Both use the All4Access app. She uses it to listen to an audio description, and he uses it to watch ASL.

Distribution of Accessibility Assets

AD and CC created under EnhAccess are delivered on the platforms where our partners are presenting their content.

When approved by our content partner:

    • The accessible content will be available at the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).
    • The accessibility assets will be available through the “All4Access” Clearinghouse.

New Accessible Programming

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Bare Feet


Bare Feet airs on PBS stations nationwide, the PBS Passport App, and the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).

Bare Feet

Canal 22 Internacional


DirecTV (CH 446), AT&T (CH 3022), Spectrum (CH 841),

Grande (CH 205), Wave (CH 518), Verizon (CH 1646).

Pinturas Rupestres de Baja California

Joyas Arqueológicas de Guanajuato

Entre Cuba y México, todo es ...

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Canal Trece


Canal Trece selected educational programming is available on YouTube and the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).

Clave de Sol

Zoocios

La ciencia de la música

Crawford Entertainment


Watch the series at the Discover Florida Channel, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and the Discover Florida Channel app available for iOS and Android. It is also available at the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).

The Outsiders Club - Season 1 to 4

El Club de los Aventureros - Temporadas 1 a 4

text: D'Ocon Films

D'Ocon Films


For more than 25 years, we have been producing animation TV series that entertain kids, encourage their imagination and educates them with fun and engaging characters and stories.

Delfy

Scruff Cinderella's Carnival

Text: Fred Rogers Production

Fred Rogers


Fred Rogers Productions builds on the legacy of Fred Rogers by creating quality children’s media that models an enthusiasm for learning and earns the trust of parents and caregivers. Its series are streamed on PBS Kids, Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, and DirecTV. You can also buy it as a download on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, and Vudu. 

Alma's Way

Donkey Hodie

HITN


DIRECTV, DIRECTV NOW, DISH Network, AT&T U-verse TV, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast, Charter Spectrum, Mediacom, CenturyLink Prism and Altice. Check the guide for all the channels according to geographic location.

Mundo Salvaje con Ron Magill

I Am Peace


The I am Peace Festival promoted actions related to the construction of Culture(s) of Peace in accordance with the UNResolution A - 53/243. The films shown during the festival are available at the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).

Barcelona

Escape Artists

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Independent Producers


The productions by Taylor Aguilar, Teregua, and Tatiana Millan are available in the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).

Los Universos de Leyla

Mesa de Tareas

Sol

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KET


Kentucky Educational Television — KET — is Kentucky’s largest classroom, serving more than one million people each week via television, online, and mobile. It is an innovative and efficient producer of digital education tools for the classroom and Kentucky’s highest-quality source for public affairs and cultural programming. Watch KET programs at KET.org, the PBS App (available for iOS and Android mobile devices and home devices, including Samsung and Android Smart TVs, Apple TV, and Roku), and the KET App (available for iOS and Android mobile devices).

Rev. Newton Bush

Garden Health and Maintenance

Wrting for Workplace Success

New Day Films


Films by New Day Films are available on New Day's streaming platform and Kanopy, an on-demand streaming video platform for public libraries and universities.

Detroit 48202

Making the Impossible Possible

Art of Unwar

Passport To Knowledge


Searching airs on PBS stations nationwide. It is also available on the series' website, YouTube, and the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).

La Búsqueda

Searching

POV


POV films are broadcast by PBS stations around the country. Tune in on Mondays at 10 pm (check your local listings). You can stream POV films anytime, anywhere on all PBS-branded platforms, including pbs.org and the PBS Video app. The PBS App is available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, and Roku streaming devices.

Wuhan Wuhan

Let the Little Light Shine

Love & Stuff

Pragda


Pragda is a film distributor for the newest Latin American, Spanish, and Latinx cinema. Its content is available on educational streaming platforms such as Kanopy and Alexander Street Press.

Miriam Lies

The Empty Classroom

Hero Steps

Semillitas


Semillitas is a TV channel that offers entertainment for young children aged 0-6. The channel's programming is tailored to different age groups throughout the day. Between 6 am and 11 am, the programming is designed for children up to 3 years old, while the rest of the day is directed at kids aged 3-6. All the programs are animated series and are distributed without advertisements. Semillitas is available on Charter Spectrum channel 922, Verizon channel 1721 (HD), Commzoom channel 234, RCN channel 835, Hargray channel 301, and Ziply Fiber channel 1723.

Caillou

Bebe Osmosis

Bob el Constructor Temporada 2

Sesame Workshop


Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit organization behind legendary children’s shows such as Sesame Street, which reaches close to 12 Million Kids in the U.S. each month. Watch Sesame's content with audio description in Spanish on Plaza Sesamo YouTube's channel.

Plaza Sésamo

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SUPERFEST


Superfest Disability Film Festival is the longest running disability film festival in the world. Since it first debuted in a small Los Angeles showcase in 1970 it has become an eagerly anticipated international event—hosted by Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State. For more than 30 years, Superfest has celebrated cutting-edge cinema that portrays disability through a diverse, complex, unabashed and engaging lens. Superfest is one of the few festivals worldwide that prioritizes access for disabled filmgoers of all kinds.

Don Julio's Nails

In The Upper Room

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WaterBear


WaterBear is an ad-free, interactive streaming platform focused on environmental sustainability, offering award-winning documentaries, short films, and series while connecting viewers with over 100 NGO partners to support planet-saving missions. Watch WaterBear content directly on its free subscription platform.

Inseparable Syke

WIPR


WIPR is a TV station owned and run by the Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation. It has been producing educational and cultural TV programming since 1958. Watch its programs on Puerto Rico public TV and the WIPR App for iOS and Android.

Travesías con Sabor

Salud y Prevención

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