CART stands for Communication Assistive Real-Time Translation. It is word for word translation and is equivalent to typing 220 wpm (words per minute), the same speed that we talk. There are other captioning modes call C-Print and Telltype. These are meaning for meaning and used at Gallaudet  for the Deaf. It is less expensive but I have had experiences with both forms and if you are in the scientific field you want CART as I would not want a C-Print typist making the decision of what is important. CART allows you to read word for word what your hearing peers are hearing. CART reporters are license license and are registered court reporters.

 

Most hearing people try to save money by offering the least expensive accommodation but we people with hearing loss need to voice our opinion when requesting our CART accommodations. Assistive listening equipment should be set up by someone who knows what they are doing.

 

It would be best to have to have the CART captioning on large projector screen for everyone to read  and the powerpoint presentation on the presenters screen. If you try to put CART on the powerpoint screen it may be too small to read. Another alternative is if the powerpoint presenter would have  the captioning (called open captioning) place on the powerpoint. The same cc (closed captioning) we see in films and on TV. Closed captioning is having a choice to choose captioning.

 

Hermine Willey

Columbus OH