| For further questions
regarding CART (Real-Time Captioning), please feel free to call 610-604-0452
Voice/TTY or email ird@dhcc.org
or visit the Communication
Access Information Center's Web site..
What does CART stand
for?
CART stands for Communication Access Real-Time Translation. It may also
be referred to as real-time captioning.
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Who uses CART?
It is used for hard of hearing or deaf people for whom English is their
first language, or is their language of instruction.
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How does
CART work?
A person using a court reporting stenography machine, a computer and
real-time captioning software types everything that is being said during
a meeting or event. The text appears on the computer, a television screen
or other projection screen, enabling individuals who are in the same
room to read everything that is being said. A captioner will actually
come to your event for on-site CART services. For remote CART services,
the captioner is off-site and the text appears on the computer or screen
at your location.
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How can
someone type that fast?
The captioner does not actually type every letter of every word. The
captioner’s machine uses the phonetic origin of the word instead
of the actual English spelling. What the consumer sees on the screen
is a word for word transcript of what is being said aloud.
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Does CART meet ADA
requirements?
Yes, if it is the preferred communication mode of the deaf or hard of
hearing individual.
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What is the difference
between on-site CART and remote CART?
On-site CART is when a trained captioner travels to your location and
provides the captioning services there.
Remote CART is when a trained captioner provides services over an internet
connection from an off-site location.
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What do I
need for on-site CART services?
For on-site CART services where there are only one or two consumers,
you don’t need to provide anything. The captioner will bring his
or her own laptop computer and stenography machine. The consumers should
be seated next to the captioner so they can read the computer screen.
If there are more consumers, you will need the following:
- Additional laptops or television screens for the consumers to view
the captioning or
- An LCD projector to project the captioning onto a screen
DHCC can arrange for rentals of LCD projectors and additional laptops
or television screens. Please call or e-mail for rates.
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What do I
need for remote CART services?
For remote CART, you will need the following:
- A computer with an internet connection in the room where the meeting
or event will be taking place
- Compatible remote captioning software (can be downloaded free of
charge and instructions can be provided)
- A high quality microphone that can be connected to the computer
that has the internet connection and captioning software
Utilizing an Internet connection, the off-site captioner can hear what
is being said at your meeting or event through the microphone that is
connected to the computer at your location. The captioner types what
is heard on his or her own computer and the text appears on the computer
at your location via the Internet connection. You do not need to have
high-speed Internet access like DSL or cable, but it is preferred for
CART.
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