TV & Movie Access
It is a pleasure to share our passion for using technology to enhance access to TV and Movies for everybody, regardless of the audience's sensory abilities. Technology helps us produce and deliver high-quality AD (audio descriptions) and CC (closed captions) for selected educational TV programs and films.
This work is funded under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education- Office of Special Education-OSEP, project "Enhanced Access to Video for Students with Sensory Disabilities through Emerging Technology," TV Access H327C210001.
Collaboration
We invite Selected producers of TV/Films to review the general criteria for participating in our project
EnhAccess:
- Is your content suitable to be used in a K-12 classroom setting?
- Are you exempt from FCC regulations regarding closed captions and audio description?
- Is your content available now, or will it be widely available in the U.S.?
- Do you want to reach new audiences?
- Are you interested in making this world accessible?
Dissemination & Distribution
We partner with T.V./Film industry leaders, consumer organizations, educational service providers, researchers, and accessibility experts to ensure accessible content produced under EnhAccess reaches the beneficiaries.
Dissemination activities include training workshops, TV campaigns promoting accessible content, awareness activities to educate the TV/Film industry on the needs of people with sensory disabilities, and participation in conferences, podcasts, newsletters of organizations, and educational events on the field.
Distribution of Accessibility Assets
AD and CC created under EnhAccess are delivered on the platforms where our partners are presenting their content.
When approved by our content partner:
Bare Feet
Bare Feet airs on PBS stations nationwide, the PBS Passport App, and the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).
Bare Feet
Mexicanos Exitosos - Temporada 2
El Poder del Diseño
La Raíz Doble
Canal Trece
Canal Trece selected educational programming is available on YouTube and the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).
Clave de Sol
Zoocios
La ciencia de la música
Crawford Entertainment
Watch the series at the Discover Florida Channel, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and the Discover Florida Channel app available for iOS and Android. It is also available at the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).
The Outsiders Club - Season 1 to 4
El Club de los Aventureros - Temporadas 1 a 4
Delfy
Scruff Cinderella's Carnival
Fred Rogers
Fred Rogers Productions builds on the legacy of Fred Rogers by creating quality children’s media that models an enthusiasm for learning and earns the trust of parents and caregivers. Its series are streamed on PBS Kids, Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, and DirecTV. You can also buy it as a download on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, and Vudu.
Daniel Tigre
Alma's Way
Donkey Hodie
HITN
DIRECTV, DIRECTV NOW, DISH Network, AT&T U-verse TV, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast, Charter Spectrum, Mediacom, CenturyLink Prism and Altice. Check the guide for all the channels according to geographic location.
Mundo Salvaje con Ron Magill
I Am Peace
The I am Peace Festival promoted actions related to the construction of Culture(s) of Peace in accordance with the UNResolution A - 53/243. The films shown during the festival are available at the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).
Barcelona
Escape Artists
Independent Producers
The productions by Taylor Aguilar, Teregua, and Tatiana Millan are available in the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).
Sol
Mesa de Tareas
Los Universos de Leyla
KET
Kentucky Educational Television — KET — is Kentucky’s largest classroom, serving more than one million people each week via television, online, and mobile. It is an innovative and efficient producer of digital education tools for the classroom and Kentucky’s highest-quality source for public affairs and cultural programming. Watch KET programs at KET.org, the PBS App (available for iOS and Android mobile devices and home devices, including Samsung and Android Smart TVs, Apple TV, and Roku), and the KET App (available for iOS and Android mobile devices).
Rev. Newton Bush
Garden Health and Maintenance
Wrting for Workplace Success
New Day Films
Films by New Day Films are available on New Day's streaming platform and Kanopy, an on-demand streaming video platform for public libraries and universities.
Art of Unwar
Pidgin the voice of Hawai'i
Silvio Rodríguez: My First Calling
Passport To Knowledge
Searching airs on PBS stations nationwide. It is also available on the series' website, YouTube, and the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).
Searching
La Búsqueda
POV
POV films are broadcast by PBS stations around the country. Tune in on Mondays at 10 pm (check your local listings). You can stream POV films anytime, anywhere on all PBS-branded platforms, including pbs.org and the PBS Video app. The PBS App is available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, and Roku streaming devices.
Faya Dayi
He's My Brother
President
Pragda
Pragda is a film distributor for the newest Latin American, Spanish, and Latinx cinema. Its content is available on educational streaming platforms such as Kanopy and Alexander Street Press.
Miriam Lies
The Empty Classroom
Hero Steps
Semillitas
Semillitas is a TV channel that offers entertainment for young children aged 0-6. The channel's programming is tailored to different age groups throughout the day. Between 6 am and 11 am, the programming is designed for children up to 3 years old, while the rest of the day is directed at kids aged 3-6. All the programs are animated series and are distributed without advertisements. Semillitas is available on Charter Spectrum channel 922, Verizon channel 1721 (HD), Commzoom channel 234, RCN channel 835, Hargray channel 301, and Ziply Fiber channel 1723.
Chloe's Closet
La abeja Maya
Dumper & Skoop
Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit organization behind legendary children’s shows such as Sesame Street, which reaches close to 12 Million Kids in the U.S. each month. Watch Sesame's content with audio description in Spanish on Plaza Sesamo YouTube's channel.
Plaza Sésamo
SUPERFEST
Superfest Disability Film Festival is the longest running disability film festival in the world. Since it first debuted in a small Los Angeles showcase in 1970 it has become an eagerly anticipated international event—hosted by Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State. For more than 30 years, Superfest has celebrated cutting-edge cinema that portrays disability through a diverse, complex, unabashed and engaging lens. Superfest is one of the few festivals worldwide that prioritizes access for disabled filmgoers of all kinds.
Don Julio's Nails
In The Upper Room
WaterBear
WaterBear is an ad-free, interactive streaming platform focused on environmental sustainability, offering award-winning documentaries, short films, and series while connecting viewers with over 100 NGO partners to support planet-saving missions. Watch WaterBear content directly on its free subscription platform.
Inseparable Syke
WIPR
WIPR is a TV station owned and run by the Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation. It has been producing educational and cultural TV programming since 1958. Watch its programs on Puerto Rico public TV and the WIPR App for iOS and Android.