Institute of Accessibility Professionals

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensationIRS Form 990 totals for revenue, expenses, and employee compensation (salaries, other compensation, and employee benefits).

Mission Statement

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