| UPDATED Deadline for WCAG 2.1, Level AA Compliance | For state & local government size |
|---|---|
| New deadline as of April 20, 2026: April 26, 2027 | 50,000 or more persons |
| New deadline as of April 20, 2026: April 26, 2028 | 0 to 49,999 persons |
| New deadline as of April 20, 2026: April 26, 2028 | Special district governments |
Powered by CASTUS AI, Audio Descriptions provide clear, natural-sounding narration of on-screen actions, speakers, and key visual elements to increase accessibility for people who are blind or visually-impaired.
We offer both Standard Audio Descriptions and Extended Audio Descriptions, giving you the flexibility to meet a range of accessibility and compliance requirements depending on your content and platform.
Our streamlined, integrated workflow is compatible with any platform that supports SAP (CASTUS playback not required), making deployment simple and scalable.
Live and File-Based
‘Live’ and ‘File’ Based Captioning are 100% cloud based and do not require any hardware. Caption with great accuracy (95%+) while captions are embedded on VOD programming, live streams, and OTT apps. This service even integrates with our playback servers so captions appear seamlessly on your cable channel. Easy, automated and affordable. Our caption services are reliable and provide captions for a fraction of the cost.
Live and File-Based
Translate captions to 75+ spoken languages automatically on VOD programming, live streams, OTT apps, and cable channels. The 100% cloud-based translation service is easy, fast, affordable, and accurate with no additional hardware or costly maintenance required. Translations provide total compliance and accessibility for your viewing audience.
This new service is designed to help expand accessibility and meet WCAG 2.1, Level AA requirements.
Powered by CASTUS AI, Audio Descriptions provide clear, natural-sounding narration of on-screen actions, speakers, and key visual elements to increase accessibility for people who are blind or visually-impaired.
We offer both Standard Audio Descriptions and Extended Audio Descriptions, giving you the flexibility to meet a range of accessibility and compliance requirements depending on your content and platform.
Our streamlined, integrated workflow is compatible with any platform that supports SAP (CASTUS playback not required), making deployment simple, scalable, and cost-effective.
This service is designed to help expand accessibility and meet WCAG 2.1, Level AA requirements.
CASTUS Captioning provides a complete, accurate on-screen text display of spoken dialogue to increase accessibility for people who are deaf or hearing-impaired.
We offer both Live captioning or File-based captioning for full flexibility in fulfilling accessibility requirements, dependent on your content and platform.
Both Live and File-based captioning are 100% cloud based and do not require any hardware. Caption with great accuracy (95%+) while captions are embedded on VOD programming, live streams, and OTT apps. This service even integrates with our playback servers so captions appear seamlessly on your cable channel. Easy, automated and affordable. Our caption services are reliable and provide captions for a fraction of the cost.
Closed captioning is a powerful tool and is required in today’s world of broadcast. Translation services allow you to translate English captions to 75+ spoken languages accurately and automatically in order to provide the same incredible content to a wider audience. The 100% cloud-based translation service is easy, fast, affordable, and accurate with CASTUS and does not require additional hardware or costly maintenance.
Closed Caption Dictionaries allow you to exceed the industry standard of 95% accuracy, giving you the ability to add names and more so they are displayed in captions accurately. Add committee names, street names, dates, abbreviations and more so your captions are accurate every time. There is no additional cost to use this incredible feature. Dictionaries are included with our File Based and Live Captioning services, saving you time and money.
I absolutely love the CASTUS system! It’s an amazing piece of equipment and I won’t work without it. In my 25 years, it’s my favorite server.
Andover has had great success with our Roku and Amazon Firestick services designed and launched from CASTUS. We’ve been quite happy with their quality and reliability.
“The customization of the Quickroll unit, specifically input/output configuration, was a big deal for our organization. It was easy to install and integrate…and is a huge leap forward from where we were with our previous platform. Training and support provided by both Grayson and Katy is top-tier and scaled to user knowledge and capabilities. CASTUS is very intuitive…simple enough for a novice user to learn quickly and robust enough for seasoned broadcast veterans to go all out with it. The interface is comfortably familiar and refreshingly modern. The fine details tell us TV people designed CASTUS rather than just IT folks who think they know what we all need… The ‘endless schedule’ feature is perfect for us… With this functionality, I can build two playlists with broad and diverse content for two distinct stations within 45 minutes. At least that is my record time, so far!
“I would absolutely invest in another CASTUS unit! One of the best investments we have made in our broadcast infrastructure.”
Updating to the CASTUS technology allows more flexibility with quality and control of the channel’s signal. Many stations and networks are going over the top by offering apps for their programming and I am excited that our educational access channel is able to join with the other major content producers.
“Happy to report that it is working GREAT!!! I have taught the judges and staff how to stream and they have been using it!! The judges love it! It has been very well received, and it has been mostly hands-off for me, which I love!! Thanks fellas!!”
This is an incredible opportunity for the Department of Communication and Frostburg State University to showcase the talent and skills of students who work towards creating original programming for the area. We were limited to cable before, and we were not getting robust viewership, but the new app should reconnect us with the community and the world! The app is free and easy to download, so it’s a win- win!
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