System and method for assistive caption, video description, and audio distribution

A computer-implemented method for providing assistive technology, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a personal device, a time synchrony track of a media file and an assistive media component configured to assist a user with viewing or hearing a particular content file being screened at a venue, wherein the media file is associated with the content file;
• reading, by a content reading device, a time stamp from a digital time code included in metadata of the content file;
• transmitting, by the content reading device, the time stamp to the personal device;
• synchronizing, by the personal device, the media file with the content file by matching the time synchrony track of the media file with the received time stamp from the content reading device;
• and
• outputting, by the personal device, the assistive media component included in the media file in synchronization with the content file.

An assistive technology system comprising:

• a host computer implementing a computer readable program code configured to:
• receive a time synchrony track of a media file and an assistive media component configured to assist a user with viewing or hearing a content file being screened at a venue, wherein the media file is associated with the content file;
• receive an audio portion of the content file;
• determine a time code of the audio portion of the content file by performing sound processing on the received audio portion of the content file;
• synchronize the media file with the content file by matching the time synchrony track of the media file with the determined time code of the content file;
• and
• transmit the assistive media component of the media file to a client device over a network.

An assistive technology system comprising:

• a portable device implementing a computer readable program code configured to:
• receive a time synchrony track of a media file and an assistive media component configured to assist a user with viewing or hearing a particular content file being screened at a venue, wherein the media file is associated with the content file;
• receive an audio portion of the content file through an audio receiving device;
• determine a time code of the audio portion of the content file by performing the sound processing on the received audio portion of the content file;
• synchronize the media file with the content file by matching the time synchrony track of the media file with the determined time code of the content file;
• and
• output the assistive media component included in the media file in synchronization with the content file.