Services Offered
Realtime Stenographic CART Captions
The Americans with Disabilities Act recognizes CART Captioning as an effective access to communication.
The acronym CART stands for Communication Access Realtime Technology (CART) and is human made real-time captions created by professionally trained captioners.
Since 2016, we've been supporting organizations big and small, public and private, with their inclusion and accommodation and regulatory needs by providing CART Captioning of live events in real-time for instant communications access. (The CART file from your event is available in rough draft, non-certified file formats and is included when requested at the time of service.)
Additional services include full post-production files available in .txt, .srt, and .vtt file formats for jobs performed by Caption Nerds. Additional fees would apply for this add-on service.
Venues
Did you know American Sign Language is the third most used language in America after English and Spanish?
Accessibility is good for business. Not only from a legal perspective, but from a humane and ethical standpoint as well. Captioning can be done on-site or remotely, depending on your needs.
Realtime captions (CART) are considered a "reasonable accommodation" under Federal law and are helpful to millions of people such as the Deaf/HOH community, including late-deafened persons, aging persons, veterans, as well as people where English is a second language, children, and others. Reach more students, clients, customers, and colleagues with your message.
Professional CART Venues We're Experienced With:
· Local, State, Federal Government, Vocational Rehab
· Universities, Colleges, Technical Schools
· Workplace CART (presentations, meetings, and conference calls)
· Conferences, Seminars, and Trade Shows
· Town Halls, Local Public Events, Social Events and Mixers
· Live Theater, Comedy Clubs, Celebrity and Expert Speakers
Nerds Do It Better
You need CART providers, but how does it all work? It’s so easy for clients. Despite the general publics’ misconceptions, thanks inaccurate media, that stenographers have dated, large bulky machines with reams of paper flying around and unkept buns, today’s stenographers use steno machines with multiple hard drives, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ergonomic keys, and cutting-edge software that can deploy captions quickly and easily.
· On-site CART Captions:
· One-on-One for an individual user via personal LCD screen or tablet for subtle delivery
· Projected/Displayed CART Captions for public sessions, delivery via an old school projector or via a large LCD/TV screen
· Overlays, to mimic TV captions running on the bottom of a presentation screen to eliminate the audience looking at two screens
· Remote Captions:
· Directly delivered to remote participants via a distinct URL*
· Human-created captions can be input via API tokens to several platforms, including Zoom, Teams, and many more
· Overlays, to mimic TV captions running on the bottom of a presentation screen to eliminate the audience looking at two screens
*Direct feeds via a platform created for captioners and caption users is recommended for the most stable connection with seamless, fastest deployment of real-time CART captions
Whether on-site or remote/hybrid, setting up captions on the client’s end is an easy, nominal process. There are multiple delivery methods, all of which are set up by your Caption Nerd with minimal asks from the client.
Scheduling is easy too. Once your organization is onboarded, you will receive a preference sheet, and you can use our appointments page to schedule us as needed, or if you prefer, you can e-mail us as well.
See our About Us page for more information on our experience.