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DCMP Awarded Federal Grants for Making Educational Media and Television Content Accessible to Persons With Disabilities
August 17, 2021
The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP), a leader in developing and providing accessible media, has been awarded two five-year federal grants by the U.S. Department of Education. DCMP will continue its mission of making educational videos accessible to children with disabilities and expand into broadcast television content. The grants were awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and total $13.3 million.
A five-year $10 million grant provides for educational videos to be made accessible for students with disabilities by adding captions and audio description, with a focus on STEM content. In addition, this funding provides support for technical assistance, training activities, and the continued development of technology solutions focused on digital media accessibility. SageFox Consulting Group has been chosen to perform project evaluation.
A second five-year $3.3 million Television Access grant will allow DCMP to make even more broadcast television and classroom content accessible with captions and audio description. Audio description is a secondary audio track with additional narration that describes vital visual information for people who are blind and visually impaired.
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