Meetings at a Distance: Considerations for Accessibility

The following resources may be used to assist meeting planners meet the needs of participants with disabilities who need accommodations.

View the document Meetings at a Distance: Considerations for Accessibility or download a PDF version -
View the Meeting at a Distance - Accommodations Chart - or download a PDF version of the chart -

Additional Resources

ASL Interpreting

The following is a link to finding ASL Interpreting services in Maine. For meetings in other areas, we suggest you search Google for ASL Interpreters for you state or region, or contact your state government agency that has oversight in this area.

Legally Qualified Sign Language Interpreters in Maine

Web Captioning General Information

General information about how to caption video for use on websites and through web-based distribution systems:

Captioners/Captionists

Captioning Web – Search Engine
Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART)
Described and Captioned Media Program - includes "Approved Description Vendors" from the US Department of Education.

Video Captioning Services

Organizations and businesses that provide video captioning services

Automatic Synch Technologies
CC Maker
CaptionMax
Captionate – Flash video
C-Print
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders
National Association of the Deaf
Described and Captioned Media Program - includes "Approved Description Vendors" from the US Department of Education.

Captioning Software

Other Resources for Accessible Meetings

10 steps for making your meeting accessible - How to design your meeting and include everyone - from IBM Human Ability Center
How to Make Presentations Accessible for All - from W3C-WAI
Described and Captioned Media Program - includes "Approved Description Vendors" from the US Department of Education.

revised: 04/23/2013

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