News and Announcements

Cyberchase: Echo Explorers, the new OSEP-funded accessible video game, has been honored with the 2021 “Best Online/Video Game for Kids” award from Cynopsis Media.

Bridge Multimedia has been named to serve the Federal Communications Commission’s Disability Advisory Committee, to help ensure that new media regulations and technologies best serve the needs of individuals with disabilities.

Join us for Catherine Russell Sings in Barcelona, Virtually, at a special combined event presented by the Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description (ARSAD) and Media for All 9, Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 7:00 PM (CET).

Partnerships and collaborations are opening doors to better meet the needs of schools.

On January 6th Bridge Multimedia released its Disability Mapping Guide for Children’s Digital Game Producers – 4th Edition. The Guide maps the 9 categories of disabilities, as identified by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

As we enter 2021, the Bridge Team looks forward to continued growth. The U.S. Department of Education has extended our Tech Access grant, allowing us to continue providing curriculum-aligned audio description for hundreds of educational children’s television programs.

Bridge Multimedia, WNET, and the U.S. Department of Education, have partnered again to create a new Cyberchase video game called Echo Explorers. It is available to play, for free, on the PBS KIDS website. It can also be played on tablets and mobile devices. Echo Explorers is “Born Accessible,” which means it was specifically designed to incorporate accessibility features for children with physical and cognitive impairments.

“Won’t You Sing Along with Me?” was specially prepared to help young children understand the COVID-19 crisis. Bridge Multimedia was proud to provide audio description for this special, now available for children with disabilities through DCMP’s Accessible Television Portal.

Deaf interpreters provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and translation, transliteration, and numerous different tactile and visual forms of communication for consumers who are Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and Deafblind.