INSTITUTE OF ACCESSIBILITY PROFESSIONALS
EIN 83-1601090
What they do
THE PURPOSE of THE IAP is to IMPROVE THE OVERALL ACCURACY of ACCESSIBLE MEDIA SERVICES, INCLUDING CAPTIONING, AUDIO DESCRIPTION, SUBTITLING, ENCODING and TRANSCRIPTION. MOST COMMONLY USED for TELEVISION, THESE SERVICES ARE ALSO SEEN IN CORPORATE, EDUCATIONAL and GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTS, and PUBLIC EVENT AREAS. THE INITIAL GOAL is to ENSURE CAPTION PROVIDERS ACROSS THE NATION ARE TRAINED BY FACILITIES or PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON ALL ASPECTS of QUALITY:ACCURACY VS. THE SPOKEN WORD, SYNCHRONICITY, COMPLETENESS AND, WHERE NECESSARY, PLACEMENT.CAPTIONERS ALSO MUST BE TRAINED to HANDLE THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS of CAPTIONING, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED to HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, IP and PHONE CONNECTIVITY, PERIPHERALS SUCH AS HEADPHONES, MICROPHONES and STENO MACHINES, and WEB and ENCODER MODEM DELIVERY MECHANISMS.A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOCUSED WHOLLY ON ALL ASPECTS of CAPTIONING, NOT SIMPLY THE CREATION of TEXT, WILL RESULT IN BETTER CAPTIONS for THE CAPTION VIEWER, INCREASED UPTIME for
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SCOTT SILKDIRECTOR
WILLIAM SCARIDIRECTOR
CHANDLER LEETREASURER
WESLEY WRIGHTPRESIDENT
About this charity
- Location
- 8300 EAST MAPLEWOOD AVE NO 310, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO 80111
- County
- Arapahoe
- In care of
- JAMES L CARPENTER JR
- Primary officer
- JAMES L CARPENTER JR, CFO
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2019
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2019
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- PLANTE & MORAN PLLC
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2023