Section 508
The Federal Government and suppliers of information, products and services to the Government, must comply with stringent accessibility requirements set out in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Recipients of Government grant funds must also ensure that their work meets Section 508 requirements. These requirements ensure access of information and technology to the disabled.
Full Compliance: Frameweld’s synchronized multimedia format is fully compliant with Section 508 requirements. It can be used to deliver e-learning and virtual training content, or to make animations, video, audio and other multimedia accessible. A library of videos, for example, can be synchronized with one or more text tracks so that people with hearing and visual disabilities can make use of the content. Virtual training content can be synchronized with text and make other content, like images, available in an alternate format that is accessible by a screen reader. Frameweld’s format also provides the ability to include multiple text tracks that can be used to deliver a presentation in several languages.
Quick, Affordable, No Bandwidth Concerns: Frameweld’s synchronized multimedia format works with your existing video files, requiring no additional editing or video work. The process results in two or more xml files that enable synchronization of text tracks with video, audio and other types of multimedia. These are added to the server where your video is hosted. The files are very small - typically about 60KB for an hour of content - which means that the streaming text accompanying a video will take up less than 0.1kpbs of bandwidth.
Play It Anywhere, Open Standards: The resulting presentations can be played either embedded in a webpage or standalone in major media players, including Flash and RealPlayer. All of Frameweld’s work is based on open file formats and W3C standards.
