FeedRoom Access Provides Obama Administration Power to Reach All Americans

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is managing a new video-enabled Web site that features video messages from President Barack Obama explaining his administration's healthcare reforms.

 

The Web site will stream the videos through a FeedRoom Access online video player, a patent-pending technology that is compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. This video technology is developed by an online video company, The FeedRoom (News - Alert), a provider of Web-based video communications, live streaming video and digital asset management.

 

FeedRoom Access is an end-to-end online video solution that addresses the individual needs of users with disabilities and special needs, such as partial or poor vision, color blindness, deafness and those limited to only keyboard or voice input.

 

According to the company, the technology compies with federal laws which regulates the accessibility of electronic and information technology to people with disabilities. Also, FeedRoom Access includes support for transcript files, and compatibility with screen readers, alternative input devices and speech recognition technology.

 

With FeedRoom, Obama’s administration is able to utilize the power of online videos to reach out to all Americans on the critical issue of healthcare reform while also ensuring access to those with disabilities and other special needs.

 

Analysts have welcomed the deployment of this new technology and have also requested other federal agencies that are deploying Web video to look into Section 508 compliant technologies so that their message reaches everyone.

 

The White House's regional healthcare forums, announced March 5 by President Obama, were designed to bring together American citizens, key healthcare stakeholders and elected officials to discuss what must be done to change the U.S. healthcare system.

 

Hosted by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Washington State Governor, Christine Gregoire, and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Melody Barnes, the fifth and final White House Regional Forum was concluded last week.