New mobile captioning system for visitors to US museums and galleries

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Monday, 26 September 2011 17:08pm

The National Center for Accessible Media, the development division of WGBH in Boston USA, has developed a mobile system to enhance the experience for visitors to cultural institutions who are deaf, hearing impaired or speak languages other than English.

The innovative technology, dubbed ‘Media Access Mobile’, provides synchronised text in any combination of languages, all provided simultaneously over a WiFi network and displayed on iPod Touches provide to visitors onsite.

Media Access Mobile will be unveiled for the first time at IBM’s free THINK Exhibit at New York’s Lincoln Center from 23 September to 23 October. NCAM’s Director, Larry Goldberg, will be onsite on Tuesday, 27 September and can talk with interested visitors about how Media Access Mobile works and what else it can do (including provide access for people who are blind or have low vision).


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