Online Premier of Connecting the Dots - Accessibility available in Access4All
Connecting the Dots: The Story of Feeling Through has been released online, and Dicapta is delighted to share with you that its accessibility is available on Access4All. Available accessibility includes Spanish subtitles, English subtitles, and easy-to-read subtitles, plus superb ASL interpretation.
Connecting the Dots is a documentary about how the making of the film Feeling Through. The documentary enriches the film and brings the audience closer to the work of the director and actors. It highlights the importance of partnering with the National Helen Keller Center, from communication support to accessing the deafblind community to find the protagonist. Something fantastic is that it includes the story of the one-year search for Artemio, the person who inspired the film.
For those who have not seen Feeling Through, the film tells the story of a homeless young man who meets a deafblind man at a bus stop. That meeting changes the young man's life forever. Feeling Through is shortlisted for an Oscar nomination in the live-action short film category.
To access the accessibility features for Connecting the Dots using Access4All, do the following:
1. Download the Access4All from your App Store or Google Play Store.
2. Play the movie on another device or a computer. Don't use headphones since the app must 'listen' to the audio of the movie to identify it.
Connecting the Dots documentary is available at https://youtu.be/fq-DlHxPEBY
3. On the app, select "Start" and then select "Press here to synchronize."
4. Once the app is synchronized, choose the accessibility element you want to use.
5. Enjoy the documentary with accessibility.
Don't miss this chance to watch Connecting the Dots. And if you haven't watched Feeling Through, you can find it for a limited time at https://youtu.be/h1CqzntEZZ8. Use the same steps explained before to enjoy the movie with the accessibility features (including audio description) available in Access4All.
The provision of accessibility for this movie through Access4All is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, under project H327C15009 “Captions and Video Description: Educational Tools for Hispanic Children with Disabilities”.