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EastBay Media to
utilize Hi-Caption to create
synchronized captioning for multimedia
broadcasts
Concord, NH March 3,
2003 – HiSoftware Company announced
today that EastBay Media has selected
Hi-Caption for the creation and
management of synchronized captioning
for multimedia broadcasts for the Naval
Media Center‘s Navy NewsStand web portal
(www.news.navy.mil). Through this
agreement, Hi-Caption will be utilized
for captioning Multimedia files for
conformance to Section 508 Accessibility
Standards, and organizational content
quality standards.
Hi-Caption allows for fast efficient
creation, editing, and testing of the
captioning of Multimedia. The captioning
file is stored in a SAMI and/or a SMIL
file. SAMI is an acronym for
Synchronized Accessible Media
Interchange and SMIL is an acronym for
Synchronized Multimedia Integration
Language. The files are very similar to
HTML, but are a different language.
Hi-Caption supports creating captioning
files for programs such as Windows®
Media Player®, RealNetworks® RealOne®
and Apple® QuickTime®. Just as you would
rather use a web editor to create web
files, this program allows you to easily
create the formatted captioning file,
without having to learn the code behind
it.
"Captioning is a very important and
sometimes overlooked component of
accessible Web Development," said
Robert B.
Yonaitis, President and CEO of
HiSoftware Company. "As more and
more organizations turn to multimedia
development as part of their standard
Web offerings, the ability to easily
create captioning is critical to the
success of these projects. Captioning
provides the ability to present
organization in benefits not only the
hearing impaired, but also those
accessing the Internet from location or
devices that may not be sound enabled.
Captioning also provides countless
benefits for language presentation"
“Prior to using Hi-Caption, the Navy
NewsStand website offered just a text
transcript for each video that was not
synchronized with the media”, said Brad
Pumphrey, President of EastBay Media.
“Now that we are utilizing Hi-Caption,
web producers can quickly and easily add
synchronized captions to the media files
allowing for an improved user experience
and full Section 508 compliance. We are
very happy with the results.”
HiSoftware’s content quality and
accessibility solutions product line
includes a combination of user-driven
interactive desktop solutions that allow
developers to test their content for
conformance with standards, and
server-side applications that provide
managers with automated and remote
testing. A scalable architecture
provides a faster deployment time and
lower cost of ownership for the solution
set. Used together these solutions
enable developers, testers and project
teams to verify Web site accessibility
in compliance with Section 508, as well
as Custom corporate-content quality
standards. More information about these
applications is available from the
HiSoftware Web site:
http://www.hisoftware.com/access/index.html
EastBay Media joins a growing list of
customers turning to HiSoftware Company
for accessibility solutions, including
but not limited to Microsoft Government,
Mercury Interactive, Commerce One, the
Internal Revenue Service, US Army
Materiel Command, and Department of
Defense. Additional customer information
is available from HiSoftware’s Web site:
http://www.hisoftware.com/access/scustomers.html
Section 508, an amendment to the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, requires
electronic and information technology
that is used, developed, and procured by
the Federal government to be accessible
to people with disabilities.
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About HiSoftware
HiSoftware Company, the leader in
enterprise content quality management
solutions, provides innovative products
that empower quality assurance teams,
content developers, Web site architects,
and company executives to work
collaboratively on their efforts to
create and manage corporate Web
standards for Accessibility, Privacy,
Searchability, Usability and custom
guidelines and policies. HiSoftware’s
integrated, full lifecycle solutions
dramatically reduce the time required to
test, manage and deploy e-business Web
sites.
HiSoftware works closely with industry
leaders and visionaries to provide
solutions for today's information
accessibility, content quality, search
and retrieval needs. HiSoftware’s
customers represent Fortune 500
companies, and many of the largest
e-commerce, government, and educational
sites in North America and around the
world and include ChevronTexaco,
Commerce One, Mercury Interactive, and
Microsoft Government.
Founded in 1998, HiSoftware Company
maintains North American corporate
headquarters in Concord, New Hampshire.
Further information about HiSoftware can
be found online at
www.hisoftware.com
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About EastBay Media
EastBay Media is a leading provider
digital media and Internet video
services and solutions. Headquartered in
the Washington, DC area, the company
assists Government agencies,
universities, broadcasters, and
companies utilize digital media
technology. Our expertise, real world
experience, and comprehensive services
and solutions are designed to help
organizations leverage the best
technologies in the most effective way.
We are recognized experts in streaming
media solutions, webcasting, video
hosting, media asset management,
conversion and encoding, and digital
media consulting. EastBay Media can be
found on the web at
http://www.EastBayMedia.com....
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Contact Information:
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517 Red Birch Road
Millersville, MD 21108
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