The Open & Closed Project
To keep things simple in explaining this important project, I’ve listed the bullets from the Open and Closed Project Web site.
- Write standards for the four fields of accessible media — captioning, audio description, subtitling, and dubbing — based on research and evidence.
- Conduct research when the existing research or evidence does not exist or is insufficient.
- Test standards for a year in the real world, make any changes necessary, and publish them.
- Develop training and certification programs for practitioners.
While all of the above happens, they will also do the following two things:
- Design and test improved fonts for captioning and subtitling (already underway).
- Develop and test file formats for the four fields of accessible media.
Joe Clark is looking for supporters to donate small amounts of cash — micropatronage, as he calls it — to start up this project.
