Captioning the Catholic Mass

Why Caption (CART) in Churches?
aka real time 'live' captioning like CC on TV

"CART is an acronym for Communication Access Realtime Translation. There are 28 million* people in the United States with hearing loss and only 500,000 are able to communicate with sign language. Persons who are oral deaf, late-deafened, or hard of hearing and do not know sign language and/or have no one to communicate with in sign language must utilize other methods, such as lip-reading, assistive listening devices, or CART. "

(Source: http://www.collinsrealtime.net/cart.php) * note: now 48 million and counting and will double by 2030

"The increasing demands of real time captioning and broadcast captioning is driven by two forces {Baby Boomers and FCC}": See: http://www.dcmp.org/caai/nadh78.pdf

"The majority of persons with hearing loss do not know sign language and communicate utilizing assistive listening devices, Lip reading and CART (captioning).” (Source: http://www.texascaption.com/remote_cart)

This is an interesting article how churches could provide better access for the deaf and hard of hearing:

Losing My Religion? : http://origin.misc.pagesuite.com/pdfdownload/7c11713b-7af4-45b3-86b6-2026d9ce54e4.pdf

NOT ALL CAN HEAR IN CHURCH: http://www.catholicnews-tt.net/v2005/archives/nov/sun06/letters.htm

"Remote services are more economical as the minimum booking is only one hour. More people can have more access, as all you need is internet access and sound. "
(Source: http://deafunity.org/article-interview/tina-lannin-founder-121-captions/)

"It is used by speakers, presenters, organizations or institutions concerned with ensuring they provide accessibility to their material to the widest audience and those that use captioning service to understand and participate in meetings and lectures."

(Source: http://alacarteconnection.com/how-works/)

"Captioning affects a large part of the US population – whether the deaf, hard of hearing, or those learning English. Within the subset represented by a church’s congregation, traditionally a sizeable number of people are older, and may appreciate the effort shown by the church to caption. Others may wonder why a program is not captioned – why they are excluded from understanding."
(Source: http://tfwm.com/captions-where-do-we-go-from-hear/)

"CART {real-time captioning} is usually used by people with hearing loss who use spoken language as a primary mode of communication.”
(Source: http://www.hearingloss.og/content/captioning)

"People who learn English as a second language often understand English text better than speech". (Source: http://www.captionaccess.com/faq/)

"Although many churches use sign language to convey a sermon to the deaf, others are using technology to translate each word so that it appears simultaneously on the big screen. "(Source http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2001-06-16/lifestyle/0106150471_1_schick-fellowship-bible-church-born-deaf)

"We want everybody who comes to participate fully. Offering real-time captioning is another attempt at trying to make people feel as comfortable as they can and as at home as they can." - See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/the-high-holy-days-a-time-to-reflect-1.926235#sthash.EjgM9pt8.dpuf

"Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) has quickly become one of the most widely used technology services for providing instant transcription of the spoken word into text form. ": http://www.alsglobal.net/CART-translation.php

"What does it mean for communication to be “effective”? Simply put, “effective communication” means that whatever is written or spoken must be as clear and understandable to people with disabilities as it is for people who do not have disabilities."

(Source: http://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap3toolkit.htm)