Are the Churches Prepared?
"The Americans with Disabilities Act, which became law in 1992, changed the landscape of accessibility to public places in the United States. In general, churches are exempt from ADA. The law applies to the church if it has 15 or more employees and one of them has a disability. ADA also applies to the portion of the facility a church rents for a fee, which must then be accessible to people with disabilities.”
Nevertheless, ADA has had an impact on churches by creating a set of standards for accessibility. Church leaders who desire to make their facilities accessible to all people now have a benchmark that they can meet—or exceed—to accomplish this goal."
"Various ways exist to accommodate the needs of deaf or hard-of-hearing worshipers. Signing is one alternative that provides an attractive and public volunteer ministry for interpreters. Another is called "real time" closed-captioning of songs and sermon wording on a video screen. This will require investment in a computer, software, caption encoder, and a stenographer with the skill level of a court reporter to enter the data. Some churches feature amplification systems for people with hearing impairment but who are not deaf.”
My comment: You don’t need to buy all that real time closed captioning system. An ASR CART transcriber can provide that, or a steno CART transcriber, or a voice writer CART transcriber – the three forms of CART real time captioning. Its part of the price of their service. The only thing that is needed is any cell phone, tablet, laptop on the clients part that has internet connection. Either 4G cell phone/tablet, or wifi/laptop. The person views real time captioning on their cell phone or tablet.
While screens can be placed on the wall or projected on a screen, more and more people are using the cell phone and tablet to view real time captioning.
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