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<p><font face="Arial">I'm been charged to investigate the feasibility of setting up captioning services at Georgia Perimeter College. To be honest I'm not having much luck. I have contacted a number of schools and other sources and have received no answers as to how other schools are doing this. Basically the responses I have heard is that there is technology out there to caption materials. That's great, there are also components that I can use to build a rocket. However if you put all of those components in front of me, I wouldn't know what to do with them. So my questions are to anyone who works at a post-secondary institution that runs a media caption program for Deaf/HoH.</font>
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<p><font face="Arial">My questions regarding setting up a captioning program are: </font>
<p><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Arial">Who is the entity that produces the captioning? </font>
<p><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Arial">Organizationally under which university/college department's) is the entity located, funded, and managed? </font>
<p><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Arial">What are the most cost-effective hardware/software used? How much resources are needed and what are the operational costs? </font>
<p><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Arial">How much staff is employed? </font>
<p><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Arial">What are the pre-requisite skill sets, and qualifications that are needed? </font>
<p><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Arial">What are the policies and procedures that start from the request for captioned material, to production, to delivery of the final product?</font>
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<p><font face="Arial">My last question. Does anyone have any information on other post-secondary institutions that have an in-house program? Any information would be greatly appreciated.</font>
<p><font face="Arial">Thanks,</font>
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<font face="Arial">Christopher Kinney</font><br>
<font face="Arial">Assistive Technology Coordinator</font><br>
<font face="Arial">Center for Disability Services</font><br>
<font face="Arial">Georgia Perimeter College</font><br>
<font face="Arial">555 N. Indian Creek Drive</font><br>
<font face="Arial">Clarkston GA 30021</font><br>
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<font face="Arial">TEL: 678-891-3385</font><br>
<font face="Arial">FAX: 404-298-3830</font><br>
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