We are glad to announce that the Parents of Children With Impediments Association (known by its Spanish acronym APNI) dedicated their Annual Conference to Dr. Juanita Rodríguez, a member of our Advisory Group. 

Accessibility should be considered in the planning of any event. Here, Megan Dausch, from Helen Keller Services, discusses different online meeting platforms from the perspective of preparing a webinar presentation.

Cine con Sentido is an initiative by Dicapta and Canal 22 Internacional created to highlight the benefits of making, offering, and enjoying accessible audiovisual content in Spanish, supporting in this way the inclusion of our Latino Community. 

We welcome our new fantastic Television Partner: WIPR. This channel joins us in our initiative Enhanced Access to Video for Students with Sensory Disabilities through Emerging Technology (EnhAcceSS), funded by the U.S. Department of Education. 

The 24-hour virtual Global Disability Youth Summit (GDYS) was held the past 14 of January. The first one of its kind, the GDYS was a showcase for the innovations that young people with disabilities have created at the regional, local, and global levels. During the event, Nefertiti Matos Olivares, our Partnership Development Coordinator, showcased the capabilities of All4Access. 

HITN, the leading Spanish-language network that offers educational and entertainment content to more than 40 million households across the United States, announced today its partnership with Dicapta to make its programming more accessible to people with sensory disabilities. 

The FCC will hold a virtual event Video Programming Accessibility Forum – Online Audio Description The event will be held on March 28 (1 pm ET-3:45 pm ET), and it will look at the current status of audio description availability for video programming, looking at factors such as best practices and the most critical technical issues.

Winter Springs, December 9, 2021. Dicapta announced today that Nefertiti Matos Olivares has been appointed as the new Partnership Development Coordinator of the company and will assume responsibilities on December 13, 2021. She is a subject matter expert on access technology and cultural accessibility.

Our first Watch Party Para Ti is this Friday, January 28

We invite you to join our Latinos4Access Facebook group, where we will be presenting our first “Watch Party Para Ti” next Friday, January 28, at 7 p.m. ET. We will start our Watch Parties with the wonderful Oscar-nominated and award winner film: Feeling Through.