Hi-Caption™ DS2
Delivers Enhanced Digital Media
Accessibility and Usability
Latest Edition of
Hi-Caption provides an enhanced user
interface, and native support for
captioning of Windows Mediaplayer,
Realplayer, QuickTime, and Macromedia
Flash MX 2004
Concord, NH —July
12, 2004-HiSoftware, Inc. today
announced the release of Hi-Caption
DS2, a digital media suite, which
provides accessibility testers
worldwide with a comprehensive
solution for managing captioning of
their multimedia projects, and the
accessibility of their Flash
presentations, in complete conformance
with standards mandated by Section 508
of the federal government's
Rehabilitation Act, as well as the
international accessibility guidelines
set forth by the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C). The latest release
of Hi-Caption integrates native
support for accessibility test, repair
and captioning of Macromedia Flash MX
2004, with captioning support for
Windows Media Player, Real One Player
and QuickTime Player presentations. In
addition, the new solution uses
advanced engineering to provide an
adjustable workspace and a new
interface with enhanced usability
features.
Section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act Amendments mandates
that federal agencies ensure that all
electronic and information
technologies purchased, maintained or
developed meet the accessibility
standards established by the U.S.
Access Board. Although federally
mandated, state governments and
private organizations can also benefit
by adhering to these standards, which
enable access and usability by the
widest possible audience.
In order for
multimedia to be accessible under
Section 508 Rule (b) and W3C WCAG 1.0
Priority 1 checkpoint 1.4, developers
must create synchronized captioning
with media files. Hi-Caption allows
for fast efficient creation, editing,
and testing of the captioning of
Multimedia. The captioning file is
stored in a SAMI, SMIL or XML file.
This file is very similar to HTML, but
is a different language. 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. The software
also supports captioning multimedia
files in multiple languages so that
the audience may select and view
captioning in the language of their
choice.
Hi-Caption DS2
provides users with the ability to
create, test and mange captioning for
their Windows Media, RealOne Player,
and QuickTime productions. It also
integrates the ability to test,
remediate and caption Flash MX 2004
presentations directly within the
Flash authoring tool. “The Hi-Caption
DS2 Digital Media Studio provides
multimedia developers with an expanded
tool chest to assist them with the
creation of presentations that will be
fully available to end-users
regardless of technical or physical
abilities,” according to
Robert B.
Yonaitis, CEO and President of
HiSoftware Company. “Hi-Caption
DS2 provides an enhanced user
interface and bundles/integrates
features and components previously
only available separately, increasing
the ease with which multimedia teams
can quickly and efficiently work alone
or in collaboration to provide full
captioning for their Web projects. We
believe that their efforts will
significantly improve the quality of
the web for all."
More information
about Hi-Caption is available from the
HiSoftware Web Site at:
http://www.hisoftware.com/hmcc/index.html
HiSoftware’s verification, repair and
monitoring software solutions assist
organizations in achieving and
maintaining Web sites in compliance
with organizational standards for
accessibility, privacy, searchability,
usability and custom quality factors.
These solutions, available as client
and automated server-based
applications, help organizations
develop long-term strategies to
achieve Web content accessibility and
quality. They allow multiple users to
work collaboratively on Web site
content testing-resulting in
reductions in time and resources.
HiSoftware’s solutions help
organizations develop long-term
strategies to achieve Web content
accessibility, enhance usability, and
comply with U.S. and international
accessibility standards.
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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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All information in this release is as
of July 12, 2004. The company
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