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Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2022

Global accessibility awareness is a year-round cause at Captionmax, but Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is an important annual event on the third Thursday of May, bringing further attention to the fact that digital products need to be accessible to…

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How Audio Description Supports Neurodivergent Audiences

In Audio Description (AD), visual details are narrated by voiceover artists to create an immersive, accessible experience for the blind and low vision communities. While the traditional audience for audio description has been those who are blind and low vision,…

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Modernizing Accessibility Terminology

Media should be accessible for everyone, everywhere. But how do we continuously work towards ensuring accessibility services like closed captioning and audio description are as inclusive as possible? Modernizing Accessibility Terminology discusses how our teams in Prerecorded Captioning and Description…

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Corporate Compliance Primer

Adding accessibility services to your media demonstrates a commitment to making your content inclusive and accessible to all, while also helping you meet a variety of important established standards and regulations. Below, we’ve developed a helpful primer for the most…

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What is a TextDS File?

When it comes to making media accessible for low-vision consumers, there are several options to choose from. Audio description is a common solution, along with screen readers and other accessibility technology. But what happens when you want to combine these…

The silhouette of a person jumping over a marsh as the sun sets behind a in the background, turning the sky orange and pink. The water below reflects a mirror image of the horizon. Action scenes similar to these are prime candidates for Description.

Standard vs. Expanded Description: When Do You Need It?

Here at Captionmax, one of our favorite services is Description (often called audio description or video description). Description is the act of adding a secondary audio track that describes actions, settings, and other visual details so that blind and low-vision…

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