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About AST

• AST was founded in 1998; AST is a technology company.
• Funded in 2003 by the US Dept of Education (SBIR program).
• AST provides an automated, web-based captioning system for captioning web media, videotapes, DVDs, podcasts, and other media.
• AST's captioning system has been in service for about 4 years; used by hundreds of users across the US.