Dicapta logo with the tagline - Accessible Communication Developers.

Technology is our strength

 

Technology

Making your audiovisual production accessible

Since its creation, Dicapta has focused on developing technology to make the creation of accessibility elements more effective and efficient. The result of these efforts are the creation of several technologies that serve the community as well us our internal customers. From facilitating the delivery of accessibility assets, the creation of audio descriptions or automating captions quality control, our technologies always have the end user in mind.

All4Access

Because EQUAL Access to Media is a MUST in today's media landscape

Universal Clearinghouse

STORE & EXCHANGE YOUR ACCESSIBILITY ASSETS

Access to CC and AD

REGARDLESS OF COUNTRY, DISTRIBUTOR, OR PLATFORM

Emerging Technologies

TO USE IN AUGMENTED REALITY OR SECOND SCREEN INNOVATIONS

 

The All4Access clearinghouse aims to increase access using technology.

The clearinghouse can store and share different types of accessibility elements, such as captions, audio description, and ASL. It makes it easier to reuse accessibility, minimizing costs for audiovisual content owners and increasing access for content users. The accessibility in the All4Access clearinghouse can be synchronized with media content anytime, anywhere, by anyone who needs it.

Illustration. Center: 4 connectors point down from a cloud, underneath, 3 hands hold phones with the All4Access logo. Sides: 4 people look at an electronic device.

A man puts on a hoodie. To the left, the All4access app runs on a phone.

 

Use the All4Access app on your mobile device to synchronize and play accessibility elements associated with media content.

With All4Access, users can easily enjoy content with the accessibility they need (captions, audio description, ASL, etc.) regardless of where the content is played (television, streaming, movie theaters, etc.), as long as the accessibility elements are stored in the All4Access clearinghouse. People who are deaf-blind can access the caption streams using their braille display.

The app was developed by Dicapta and the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and was partly funded by the U.S. Department of Education under the Television Access grant.

GoCC4All

Delivering emergency alerts and TV captions in an accessible way

Emergency Alerts

TIMELY DELIVERY OF GEOLOCATED ALERTS

Location Sharing

SENDING USER LOCATION TO EMERGENCY CONTACTS

Live TV Captions

READ CAPTIONS USING SCREEN, BRAILLE DISPLAY OR VOICE-OVER

 

GoCC4All is an app designed to deliver emergency alerts and TV captions in an accessible way to individuals with disabilities, especially those who are deaf-blind.

The emergency module delivers geolocated alerts from the Integrated Public Warning and Warning System (IPAWS). It also permits the provision of an emergency contact, who will receive the user's extreme and severe alerts along with the user's location. Its SOS feature allows sending the user's location to the emergency contact at any time. The TV module provides access to live TV captions using a braille display or a mobile device's screen or voice-over function. Users can easily customize GoCC4ll to fit their braille display setup.

Illustration. The GoCC4All app runs captions on a mobile phone’s screen. Next to the phone appears a braille display and a phone with a speaker on top.

GoCc4All was developed by Dicapta Foundation, Dicapta Corporation's social enterprise, and was tested and improved in collaboration with the Hellen Keller National Center (HKNC). IPAWS is a national emergency alert system managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). GoCC4All was developed with funding from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under the grant #90IFDV0004-01-00.

Management System

Proprietary administrative platform to monitor company's workflows

Facilitates Workflow

EASES THE CONTROL OF ALL PROCESSES

Convergence

CLIENTS CONVERGE ON THE PLATFORM

Structured Production

WORKFLOW CONTROLLED IN REAL-TIME

Screenshot of Dicapta’s administrative platform.

Dicapta developed a proprietary administrative platform to monitor the company's workflows.

From closed captioning to audio description, accessible real-time conferences, dubbing, and subtitling, the platform facilitates control of all the processes that make up the workflow. The client, the administrator at Dicapta, and the professional and technical personnel working in the production processes converge on the platform to maintain real-time, structured production control.

The link to this platform is private and restricted to authorized personnel.

Other Technologies

Speech-to-Text based captioning, captioning performance, educational technologies

Cloud & Captioning

AUTOMATED CAPTIONING SYSTEM FOR TV STATIONS

CC Performance

CAPTIONING PERFORMANCE SUPERVISOR

Educational Technologies

DIGITAL AIDED DESCRIPTION COLLABORATIVE TOOL

 

C&CC Cloud & Captioning

C&CC is an inexpensive and easy way to generate captions made possible by integrating machine learning algorithms with a speech-to-text system on the cloud. The system learns from the peculiarities of a TV station and its narration style to generate the captions.

C&CC logo. the letters C & C C inside a blue cloud.

Screen with captions. To the left of the screen, three sheets show statistics for accuracy, integrity, synchronicity, and average speed.

 

Closed Captioning Performance Supervisor

Our Closed Captioning Performance Supervisor reviews captions delivered in real-time by video broadcasters and provides the metrics needed to comply with federal regulations. Additionally, it gives immediate feedback if something goes wrong.

According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rule 79.1, video producers, programmers, and distributors are required to monitor and maintain records and information on activities that ensure that the delivery of closed captioning to viewers comply with the defined criteria for quality standards for closed captioning.

 

Digital Aided Descriptions (DAD) Platform

The Digital Aided Descriptions (DAD) web-based platform allows students to create, as a team, descriptions for images that may either be selected by a teacher or suggested by the platform. DAD promises outstanding results when used in a diverse classroom. Instead of the teacher needing to fully describe images for blind or visually impaired students, sighted children work with visually impaired children to develop comprehensive descriptions. This way, all the children involved will enhance their vocabulary while developing collaborative skills. The tool allows the teacher to monitor, read, and correct the students' work in real-time.

 

A girl with headphones. Over her image, a transparent background shows a yellow banner with the letters DAD.

Phase 1 of this project was developed with funds from a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90BI0027).