>DATE: 12/26/95 11:59 AM >RE: Copy of: ADA Compliance for Multimedia Exhibits >I am looking for documentation on ADA requirements for exhibits which use a >multimedia computer system. This system would incorporate sound (possibly >narration) and moving video as well as textual data on the screen. What are th e >requirements for monitor placement (the monitor would be a touch system and >therefore the user-interface). Also, does there have to be some kind of >closed-captioning for the narration in the computer video segment? >Thanks >Mark C. Vang >Freya Ventures Hi Mark. We recently acquired two publications which may be of interest: Accessible Exhibitions: Testing the Reality, by Elizabeth K. Ziebarth and Zahava D. Doering, Jan 1993, Report 93-1(does have recommendations for manipulatives and audiovisuals in exhibitions) Equal Access: Smithsonian Publications and Events, by Elizabeth K. Ziebarth and Zahava D. Doering, Feb 1994, Report 93-4 Both published by: Institutional Studies Office Smithsonian Institution A&I 1271 MRC 405 900 Jefferson Drive, S.W. Washington, DC 20560 202-786-2289 [log in to unmask] Sorry, I don't know the cost, as some one else ordered them. I'm glad you brought this subject up, as I need to review it also. Regards, Joel Clark Science Center of Connecticut [log in to unmask]