Allied

We're excited to share an exclusive bonus episode with 3Play Media co-founders and co-CEOs Chris Antunes and Josh Miller.

Chris and Josh met at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, where they launched 3Play Media in 2007.

In 2022, 3Play serves more than 10,000 customers across multiple industries, helping them increase the value of their online video by making it accessible, usable, searchable, and SEO-friendly.

In this conversation, which was recorded live at our ACCESS conference in March 2022, Josh and Chris outline their vision for 3Play’s recent acquisition of Captionmax and National Captioning Canada. These two companies add a complementary suite of services to the 3Play Media family, cementing 3Play Media’s position as the premier media accessibility provider in North America.

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Alan Hejl is the Accessibility Strategy Manager at General Motors and a disability justice advocate. Alan has a passion for bringing people together and connecting different skill teams to ensure people with disabilities are included in the automotive design process, and promoting the accessibility of autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, and beyond to be inclusive for all. He brings his work in accessibility advocacy to his community, providing guidance and advice to local businesses and government on how to meet and exceed ADA standards for the true inclusion of people with disabilities.

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A developer in the mid-’90s, Nic Steenhoutwas approached by clients facing issues not yet part of the public consciousness. On the emerging web, accessibility hurdles kept people with disabilities from engaging in a technological revolution.

Confronted by this gap within the digital landscape, Nic began championing web accessibility. He transitioned into the non-profit sector, where he collaborated with people with various impairments and was introduced to new assistive technologies. 

Twenty years on, Nic continues his accessibility work as an independent consultant for both the private and non-profit sectors. Having worked on three continents, he’s engaged with thousands of individuals with disabilities. Blogger, podcaster, and public speaker, Nic offers real-world insight into everyday accessibility issues.

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Tori Clark is a digital accessibility consultant at Airbnb. Tori has worked in the accessibility field for a decade, bringing her lifelong passion for disability rights to the worldwide web. Raised by public school teachers, Tori believes that accessibility education and awareness can be seeded at every stage of the product development lifecycle and loves to help that learning blossom. She specializes in UX for low vision and motor disabilities, lending her lived experience as a native user of Windows high contrast settings and Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Additionally, Tori founded an emerging nonprofit called Digital A11ies, which aims to normalize web accessibility at a grassroots level.

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Lori Samuels is the Senior Director of Accessibility at NBCUniversal. Lori leads strategic accessibility programs to institute best practices in inclusive design, provide training for software development teams, drive cultural maturity in disability inclusion, and fortify executive sponsorship.

Lori has had career roles in Software Engineering, Engineering Management, Technical Program Management, and Accessibility Consulting. Her passion for making technology work for people of all abilities started in 1993 when she was Director of Engineering at Broderbund Software. She went on to start Intuit's enterprise accessibility program and delivered the first-ever accessible version of QuickBooks. Prior to joining NBC, Lori led accessibility programs and initiatives at Microsoft.

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Jill Brooks is a captioning expert and all-around accessibility trailblazer. Jill worked at the National Captioning Institute for more than two decades, beginning her career in various production roles and working her way up to serve as the President & Chief Operating Officer. The arc of her career cemented her expertise in steno captioning, voice writing, and live caption creation.

Jill now applies her knowledge and experience to her current role as 3Play Media’s Senior Director of Live Operations.

Learn more about 3Play Media's live captioning service.

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Brice Christianson is a professional sports sign language interpreter and founder of Play-By-Play Sports Interpreting. Brice was born to two Deaf parents and grew up surrounded by Deaf culture. Growing up, Brice attended sporting events with his father and interpreted for him so he could have access to the game.

Twenty-five years later, Brice proposed to the Milwaukee Bucks to become the first professional sports team to provide ASL interpretation. Inspired by interpreting for his father and the successful launch with the Bucks, Brice launched Play-By-Play Sports Interpreting to usher in a new era of accessible and inclusive experiences for Deaf and hard-of-hearing sports fans.

Watch this episode with ASL interpretation.

Connect with Brice on LinkedIn.

Learn more about Play-By-Play Sports Interpreting.

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Michele Landis is an expert on digital inclusivity and Section 508. She is the co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Accessible360, a court-certified digital accessibility auditing firm dedicated to creating practical solutions for equitable access. Accessible360 offers comprehensive user testing, code development, and project management to ensure compliance continues.

Michele thinks the best part of her position is increasing awareness and helping clients learn what it means to become compliant and accessible to all. For Michele, digital accessibility is not only the right thing to do, it’s also good for business.

Connect with Michele on LinkedIn.

Learn more about Accessible360.

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Nat Lyckowski is the Neurodiversity@IBM Global Business Resource Group Co-Chair. She is proudly neurodivergent and the parent of an autistic IT Professional.

With more than 10 years of experience coaching and mentoring neurodivergent individuals and their caregivers, Nat empowers acceptance culture by designing safe spaces to self-identify, and by developing education and initiatives that improve trust and allyship.

Nat has represented IBM at a conference with the United Nations, highlighting the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion for neurodivergent professionals.

Connect with Nat on LinkedIn.

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Joseph has served as LineSync’s Principal Architect since its founding, and went on to create Wheel Pad alongside Julie Lineberger, after their godson experienced an accident resulting in quadriplegia. After witnessing his godson’s struggle to find an accessible apartment (and his resulting nine-month residency in an accessible hotel room), Joseph realized his own expertise could be the solution they were looking for.

By 2015, a prototype of the universally accessible housing accommodations offered by Wheel Pad was already winning awards. From there, the idea (and the company) grew, as Wheel Pad began to offer larger models and ultimately wound up with an essentially completely customizable solution. 

Visit Joseph's website.

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