Making the Catholic Mass accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing
Can we put the greatest prayer on Earth in real time Captioning? That is – the Catholic Mass?
Can we have the homily in real time captioning 'live' to connect?
"Pope Francis put that more positively by telling those to be ordained to make sure "that your homilies arrive directly in people's hearts because they flow from your heart, because what you tell them is what you have in your heart." " (Source: http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/pope-francis-says-no-boring-homilies)
90 percent of the deaf and hard of hearing do no use sign language because they speak the spoken language. 1 in 5 people who can benefit from hearing aids use hearing aids, plus 25 percent of hearing aids do not have T coil in them, and those with more severe hearing loss can not use the audio induction loops (ALD's) or assistive listening devices. Only 1 in 4 deaf adults wear cochlear implants/t coils. Isn't it time to reach these people with real time captioning 'live'? Technology is available now for this.
There are a number of technology addressing this such as 'on site CART', 'Remote CART', voice stenographer (similar to CART but using a noise cancellation mouthpiece and re speaking the words that gets transcribed to text version 'live'). There is Typewell as well, and speech to text software that keeps improving.
Can we make the greatest prayer on Earth each Sunday accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing –I mean 'all of them', not just some of them?
Captioning is everywhere these days like movie theaters, live shows, Netflix, DVD's, TV , and TV news with 'live' captioning, captioned phones, SMS and texting and real time captioning is being used in business and education besides entertainment. Some You Tube video's have CC on them.
Shouldn't the most important event of the week, being the Catholic Mass also be accessible with real time captioning too? As the secular world becomes more and more accessible with technology for the deaf and hard of hearing, shouldn't churches catch up too with technology so all can hear? Many people who use it for business meetings and classrooms etc. , find it not available for them when they go to church because the church is exempt from ADA requirements of 'Effective communication' (2010 mandate law).
CARTversus Typewell; a comparision - http://stradagize.com/typewell-vs-cart
Half the cost of CART (Typewell): http://qtspecialists.com/content/worldwide-transcribing
“CART is essentially real-time captioning, and a courtroom stenographer comes into my class to type out a transcript of everything spoken in class, which then appears on an iPad that I have on my desk,” said Agolia of the program, which has proven to be especially helpful for classroom discussions with fellow students." (Source: http://www.massapequaobserver.com/lending-an-all-important-ear/)
See CART demo at
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