CART
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[edit] CART
Communications Access Real Time (CART), by Sue Deer Hall
CART translates spoken words into written words instantly, not by typing on a computer keyboard, but by using a specialized device called a stenotype mchine plus CART/captioning software. The text can be displayed on a computer screen, large monitor, projected onto a screen, or viewed over the internet.
CART is not a synopsis or condensation of what is said, so there is no censoring or editing of information. Nearly verbatim and including environmental clues. e.g. laughter, so a deaf or hard of hearing person can fully participate in meetings, classes, conferences, emergency situations, or anywhere full access to communication is desired. Particularly important in situations like a college classroom, students receive all of the information in the same terminology spoken by the professor and their peers and, with prior agreement, may also receive a copy of the class or meeting for later review and study.
It is recommended that CART providers possess a minimum of the Registered Professionsl Reporter c ertification administered by National Court Reporting Association, (www.NCRAonline.org). This certification tests skills at skpeeds up to 225 words per minute at 95% accuracy and also includes a written knowledge test.
[edit] Remote CART
Sue Deer Hall provided remote captioning. She usually provides real time captioning (CART) for our meetings in person. She recently broke her foot, however, and was confined to her home. Undaunted, she still did the job through a remarkable conglomeration of technologies.
- As usual the audio loop installed in the room was activated and everything being said was conveyed to individual telecoils and a telecoil equipped headset.
- This headset was placed next to Nan Asher's cell phone which was in contact with Sue's speaker phone at her home.
- Sue entered the conversation in her CART machine which fed it to her computer.
- Sue's computer then uploaded the text to a special CART website.
- Nancy Page logged into that website with her lap top computer equipped with a Sprint wireless network card.
- As text was downloaded to Nancy's computer it was fed to a projector provided by the Turner Center.
- The projector then flashed the text on the wall screen in a virtually simultaneous display of what was being said in the room.
Incredible!!!
[edit] CART Etiquette
Especially important with Remote CART!
- At the start of the meeting the meeting facilitator will introduce each onsite attendee the benefit of the CART provider and those attending remotely.
- The CART provider will introduce each person attending remotely
- We will try to not speak until given the floor by the meeting facilitator
- Each person will state their name when they start to speak (unless the facilitator has said their name when giving them the floor)
- People arriving late (whether physically or remotely) will be announced by the facilitator or by the CART provider
- Onsite attendees will watch for a remote comment and alert the speaker to give up the floor at the next appropriate break
People speaking will use Clear Speech:
- Speak UP!
- Speak slowly (space your words)
- Do not use contractions
- Emphasize the consonants
Remote attendees will:
- Sign in with their real name (not a screen name)
- Write in short snippets (five or six words, Send, five or six words, etc.)
- End with GA (“Go Ahead”) when they have finished
[edit] ScreenLine LLC
Editor's note: We are fortunate in having ScreenLine, L.L.C., one of the better national CART providers located in Ann Arbor. To inquire about availaiblity and costs contact ScreenLine at (734) 761–6686 V/TTY, (734) 761-1107, FAX, or email: sdeerhall@msn.com. To learn more about CART, see http://www.cartinfo.org and http://cart.ncraonline.org/Consumers. Also see the Remote Cart entry in this section.)
