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Services Offered: CART Captions

What Are Real-Time Stenographic CART Captions?

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. 


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



We invite you to look around, get to know us and the services we offer.   


The Americans with Disabilities Act recognizes CART Captioning as an effective access to communication. Additionally, the following list outlines additional laws that may be applicable to Stenographic CART Captions: 

 Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 – Public Law 111-260 

 Title II – Video Programming 

 The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504

 The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended in 1998, Section 508



What Makes Caption Nerds So Unique?

Thomas at a conference with his steno machine and laptop among attendees and A/V support staff.

Our Mission

Our mission statement is simple:

  • Lead with kindness, and provide quality CART Captions.


Image Description: A picture of Thomas, owner of Caption Nerds and his steno keyboard at an on-site event.


  

As a small business, everything about Caption Nerds’ brand is human-centered. We understand that folks that use captions deserve a human at the helm, always, whether you need one-on-one captions, or publicly displayed captions. 


We proudly continue the legacy of stenographers that came before us, who were the first voice-to-text captioners ever and proved proof of concept that laid the groundwork of the Federal laws regarding captions we still use today, while planning for the future by using the latest technology in the industry. 


We also take pride in the fact clients talk directly to owner/operator Thomas about their needs, no sales representative or secretary with zero captioning experience is going to simply say “yes” to everything; we walk you through our options and capabilities when onboarding clients to ensure we’re the best fit for your needs and often offer clients options they didn’t know they had. We offer onboarding meetings, documents, and even an easy scheduling portal for current clients. 

Steno machine at TWA in NYC.

Our Technology

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.


Image Description: A picture of Thomas' steno machine, the LightSpeed, photographed at the iconic Red Room at the TWA Hotel.  

Two screens, one with the captioner's software, and one with the client's view in the background.

Captioning Delivery Methods

Image Description: Two screens, one with the captioner's software, and one with the client's view of captions in the background.  


Captions can also be deployed subtlety, one-on-one, embedded into virtual environments, displayed on large LCD screens, streamed to personal devices such as phones, tablets and more. 


  · 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


To learn more about us, please click the About Us button below.


About Us

Years of Experience

Remote. On-site. From one-on-one meetings to several thousand of viewers...

Some career highlights include: 

 
Michelle Obama Former First Lady of the United States, author, producer, icon! 

Selena Gomez Singer, Actor, Advocate

Judith Huemann Iconic Disability Rights Activist 

Michael B. Hancock Mayor of Denver, Colardo

Rosalind Wiseman Author of Queen Bees and Wannabes, the basis for the Mean Girls films and Broadway play

Kristina Halvorson Author, Founder and CEO, Brain Traffic

Isabel Wilkerson Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist

Troy Kotsur History-making Oscar winner, and Tony Award winning screen and stage actor and Deaf activist know for CODA, The Mandalorian, See What I'm Saying and more 

Abby Wambach Olympic Gold Medalist & FIFA World Cup Champion and activist

Serena Williams The tennis GOAT and entrepreneur herself

Ali Stroker Tony Award winning actor of stage, film and TV, and disability activist 

Rebecca Nagle Native American, writer and activist 

Gord Roberts UX Rockstar, Star Trek enthusiast

RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 drag entertainers and activists Sasha Velour and Peppermint

From "Yaaasss, queen" to actual King Abdullah II of Jordan

Keri Gray speaker on intersectionality of race, gender, and disability 

Dr. Reverend Leroy Haynes living legend and civil rights icon

Alice Wong writer, editor, activist

Tommy Orange Pulitzer Prize nominated author

"Lolo" Spencer from HBO's The Sex Lives of College Girls, Tommy Hilfiger model, disability lifestyle influencer 


  

For every name we can drop, there’s dozens we can’t. We caption for students working towards degrees, folks attending medical appointments, employees and executives working in the private and public sector, scientists, advocates, professors, programmers, designers, dreamers and achievers always get a human at the helm working hard to give them beautiful, accurate captions. 

We’re as honored to support everyday captions as we are the glitzy events with the famous names. Everyone deserves CART captions. 

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) recognizes CART Captioning as an effective access to communication.