Bridge Multimedia

Bridge Multimedia We empower accessibility and support the social interaction of people with disabilities

Bridge Multimedia is a New York City-based social enterprise dedicated to advancing all facets of universal access for educational, entertainment, corporate and governmental applications. Bridge provides accessible media services, ADA compliance and workforce solutions designed to make the 21st century media landscape equally inclusive for all people.

FAST COMPANY released the Best Accessibility Designs of 2025, which honors projects that emphasize accessibility. The wi...
01/07/2026

FAST COMPANY released the Best Accessibility Designs of 2025, which honors projects that emphasize accessibility. The winning company was VML for their Sound Sites initiative. Finalists included companies such as Nike, Adobe, Mattel, and Lotus.

Check out the projects at this link:

Fast Company’s 2025 Innovation by Design Accessibility Honors
https://www.fastcompany.com/91388567/accessible-design-innovation-by-design-2025

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Bridge Multimedia wishes everyone a Happy New Year and looks forward to working on more accessibility innovations in 2026!

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All Mobile Video (AMV) is proudly providing valuable technical support for Once Upon A Cabaret, a fundraiser for the EPI...
12/09/2025

All Mobile Video (AMV) is proudly providing valuable technical support for Once Upon A Cabaret, a fundraiser for the EPIC Players, a neurodivergent theater troupe. The show takes place December 10 at 7 PM PST at the Barnsdall Art Theater in Los Angeles.

It features the amazing EPIC cast and special guest performers Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Trent Mills, and Isabella de Souza Moore.

The show is sold out, and EPIC is offering LIVE STREAMING tickets that can be purchased at https://givebutter.com/c/epiclacabaret. AMV is thrilled to livestream w/CC this star-studded holiday event and to further inclusive theater.

For more info about the EPIC Players, visit: https://www.epicplayersnyc.org
For more info about All Mobile Video, visit: https://www.allmobilevideo.com

Bridge is thrilled to be a part of The American Council of the Blind’s 2025 Audio Description Awards Gala on Thursday, N...
11/12/2025

Bridge is thrilled to be a part of The American Council of the Blind’s 2025 Audio Description Awards Gala on Thursday, November 13 at 7:30 ET. This⁠ annual event recognizes those committed to accessible media for blind and low vision audiences in the form of quality audio description for popular entertainment, education, gaming, live events, and more... ⁠
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Created in 2021 to recognize outstanding achievement in audio description, the Awards Gala features celebrity guests, film clips, and the ever-popular People’s Choice Award. Accessibility companies Audio Description Associates, Dicapta, and Bridge Multimedia provided audio description, Spanish, and ASL respectively. All of these companies proudly participate in the AD Gala’s planning committee, each year. The results are always tremendous!

Here’s how to access the show:

• ACB Media 1 (English) and ACB Media 8 (Spanish)
• ACB’s YouTube channel
• ADAwardsGala.org
• Peacock, courtesy NBCUniversal (subscription required)

For more information, visit: https://adawardsgala.org

As we come to the end of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Bridge has some exciting news. The University o...
10/31/2025

As we come to the end of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Bridge has some exciting news. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s IDEAL project has been funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research - part of the Department of Health and Human Services.

The project supports UNC Chapel Hill’s objective to build an AI coach for employees and employers that supports competitive, integrated employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities with personalized guidance and resources related to providing accommodations so people can thrive at work and organizations can hire and retain talent.

Dr. Wendy Sapp, Bridge’s Chief Research Officer, and Matt Kaplowitz, CEO, are honored to have been selected to serve on this important project’s Advisory Board.

We’ll post more news as IDEAL moves forward.

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Visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-m-morgan-phd/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianne-tomaszewski/

Bridge Multimedia wishes everyone a fun and safe Halloween! Please check out Treat Accessibly, a wonderful group dedicat...
10/31/2025

Bridge Multimedia wishes everyone a fun and safe Halloween! Please check out Treat Accessibly, a wonderful group dedicated to ensuring that Halloween is inclusive and accessible for all children.

It started in 2017, when the Pa**lo Family realized they had to change how they set up their trick-or-treating station. Their home had stairs. This meant that someone in their neighborhood could not enjoy their treats because that child used a wheelchair. The Pa**los changed where their station was located and thought: why not spread the word on how to make Halloween accessible and inclusive for all? And so, Treat Accessibly was founded.

To learn more, please visit www.treataccessibly.com

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Bridge Multimedia, with Cirrus Translate, participated in the inaugural Audio Description in Africa Symposium 2025, runn...
10/14/2025

Bridge Multimedia, with Cirrus Translate, participated in the inaugural Audio Description in Africa Symposium 2025, running October 13-14. Bridge President and Chief Creative Officer Matt Kaplowitz was part of a panel titled Still Images, Education and Publications. He delivered a virtual PowerPoint presentation regarding new technology to integrate ASL into PDF content. He also ran a short Q&A session. Audio Description luminary and friend of Bridge Multimedia, Joel Snyder was the conference’s keynote speaker.

Everyone at Bridge is tremendously excited that the continental African Union is being exposed to audio description. According to ShazaCin Accessible Media, and their partner, KwaZulu-Natal Tourism & Film, “This landmark conference will bring together industry leaders, content creators, technology innovators, and accessibility advocates to pioneer the future of media accessibility in Africa. While the continent is experiencing growth in digital and creative content, the field of Audio Description is still in its nascent stages. Our vision is to build a collaborative ecosystem to ensure that the millions of Africans with visual impairments are included in Africa’s digital transformation.”

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Learn more at: https://shazacin.com/ad-in-africa-symposium-2025/

Jonathan Thurston and Marcie Roth, of Infinite Access, will present at the 2025 M-Enabling Summit, taking place October ...
10/07/2025

Jonathan Thurston and Marcie Roth, of Infinite Access, will present at the 2025 M-Enabling Summit, taking place October 6-8. Mr. Thurston’s session is entitled “Agentic AI for Natural Interfaces and Hyper Personalization” Ms. Roth’s sessions include, “Revolutionizing Corporate Emergency Preparedness: Technology and Disability Inclusion” and “Acquired Disability & Disasters: A Call to Action.”

The M-Enabling Summit is the annual conference and showcase of the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies to promote accessible technologies and environments for individuals with disabilities and older adults. For more information visit www.m-enabling.com

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As we come to the end of National Emergency Preparedness Month, Bridge Multimedia looks into the near future of emergenc...
09/30/2025

As we come to the end of National Emergency Preparedness Month, Bridge Multimedia looks into the near future of emergency readiness… An AI voice sounds through a free weather-alert app:

“Heavy storms are expected later today, with possible flooding in your area.”

Within minutes, the family’s emergency plan appears on their phones, translated into Spanish for one member and read aloud for another. This scenario is a glimpse of how artificial intelligence will soon make preparedness a seamless part of daily life.

Bridge Multimedia has supported National Preparedness Month for nearly two decades through public service announcements and extensive web content development. This year, Bridge looks ahead to AI to turning preparedness from an annual reminder into a daily household habit — inclusive, affordable, and actionable.

For more information, visit our website at https://bridgemultimedia.com/ai-emergency-readiness/

Bridge Multimedia congratulates everyone involved with Netflix’s exceptional autism-related Love On The Spectrum series,...
09/10/2025

Bridge Multimedia congratulates everyone involved with Netflix’s exceptional autism-related Love On The Spectrum series, which won two Creative Arts Emmy awards on Sunday. One for outstanding unstructured reality program and another for casting.

The program follows the dating lives of adults with autism as they pursue romantic relationships. Cian O’Clery, director, executive producer and co-creator of Love On The Spectrum said “From the beginning, our aim has been to create a series that treats our participants with dignity and respect while offering genuine insight into their experiences. These awards celebrate not only our production team’s efforts but also the courage of our participants who have touched millions with their personal journeys and helped reshape the public’s understanding of autism.”

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Last week Bridge Multimedia’s Senior Project Director, Dr. Wendy Sapp, delivered a presentation at the 18th annual Serio...
08/22/2025

Last week Bridge Multimedia’s Senior Project Director, Dr. Wendy Sapp, delivered a presentation at the 18th annual Serious Play Conference. Serious Play is North America’s largest seminar dedicated to gaming, learning, and exploring how gamification is transforming education, training, and knowledge mobilization. Dr. Sapp’s 2-hour workshop titled Accessible Games Through Universal Design demonstrated how to build accessibility into standard game play and use settings for individual customization to meet players’ specific needs.

The interactive workshop also focused on reducing or eliminating barriers that people with temporary and permanent disabilities face when gaming. Dr. Sapp discussed promising practices in inclusive game design, demonstrated accessible games currently on the market, and invited attendees to brainstorm to generate ideas for creative and engaging accessibility. Throughout the session, attendees developed a “tool kit” of concrete skills and strategies to create accessible games for players with a wide range of abilities and disabilities.

Dr. Sapp said, “Presenting this workshop was an amazing opportunity to share the knowledge and experience that Bridge has accumulated through creating accessible games that do more than just check the boxes of accessibility. The more people who understand the need for true, deep accessibility and the concrete ways to incorporate that accessibility into their games, the more opportunities there will be for all children, including those with disabilities, to learn and play.

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July 26 is the 35th anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) which prohibits discrimination...
07/25/2025

July 26 is the 35th anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.

The date is being commemorated with events and activities throughout the country. They include celebrations, Disability Pride events, rallies, fairs, films, marches, webinars, picnics, and more.

From New York to California, Montana to Miami (and everywhere in-between) these is something going on. The ADA National Network posts an online calendar at: https://adata.org/ada-anniversary/events

www.adaanniversary.org

Bridge Multimedia’s sister company, Infinite Access (IA), was honored to be included in the first-ever Forbes 2025 Acces...
07/16/2025

Bridge Multimedia’s sister company, Infinite Access (IA), was honored to be included in the first-ever Forbes 2025 Accessibility 100 list, highlighting the most important innovators and impact-makers in the fields of accessibility and software development.

Infinite Access is a social enterprise built around its patented accessibility engine. This invention leverages artificial intelligence and Universal Design technologies to integrate personalized communications across broadcast networks, streaming services, social media, mobile devices, and more.

Jonathan Thurston, CEO of Infinite Access, said the company is “focused on redefining digital accessibility through innovative, adaptive solutions that support regulatory compliance and empower organizations to deliver inclusive experiences.”

To learn more, visit: https://www.atsc.org/news/forbes-names-four-atsc-members-to-the-accessibility-100/ www.infiniteaccess.io

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