CART (real time captioning) in Church Implementation

Price quotes

How does it compare with professional Oral Interpreters and ASL Interpreters? (They serve different population needs)

Remote CART or ‘on site’ CART?

CART the entire Mass (translating everything that is being said), versus parts of it (i.e. what is not in the Missal –usually the Homily, Universal Prayers, Announcements, Personalized blessings and sometimes Opening prayers – anything not in the Missal)?

Which churches get CART?  (or/and ‘request CART 2 weeks in advance’ when a person within the diocese needs it)?

CART for popular Catholic conferences and other parts of Church life.

"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)

Effective communication:   http://www.dartmouth.edu/~accessibility/effcomm/index.html

"Accessible meeting space allows

 everyone to participate." 

(Source: http://www.ada.gov/business/accessiblemtg.htm

                 Impact of CART Technology

"On the interpreting front, perhaps no other invention has had as profound an impact on individuals with hearing loss as CART {Captioning in real time}. CART technology, which provides instantaneous translation of spoken word into text, is often used in schools, on the job, at conferences and in other settings.  ”(Source : http://www.listeningandspokenlanguage.org/What_We_Mean_by_Communication_Access/#sthash.tB0rUIBf.dpuf -By Kate E. Salvatore, M.D., and John F. Stanton, J.D.)

Real time captioning:  "Typically, the service is geared toward the hearing impaired. What is driving the demand is the baby boomers," said Fred Sharp, president of the Chartered Shorthand Reporters Association of Ontario."

 (Source:  http://www.thestar.com/news/2007/11/29/speedy_court_reporters_flying_fingers_in_high_demand.html)

"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)

"You get the jokes, the satire, the innuendo. You have full access. You are an equal participant. That’s CART Captioning. That’s Communication Access Realtime Translation.”  (Source:  http://www.realtimeworldwide.com/services/cart-communication-access-realtime-translation/)

"Accessible meeting space allows

 everyone to participate." 

(Source: http://www.ada.gov/business/accessiblemtg.htm

Receptive/Expressive Communication with            CART

"Live captioning, also known as computer assisted real-time (CART) communications is similar to the tele text captions you see on TV. It allows people who are deaf or hard of hearing to read {receptive} the captions to understand what is being said. If they are verbal, it also allows them to participate in the conversation {expressive}.”

 (Source: http://accessiblecommunications.wordpress.com/tag/remote-captions/)

"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)

Examples of Effective communication:   http://www.dartmouth.edu/~accessibility/effcomm/index.html

"Accessible meeting space allows

 everyone to participate." 

(Source: http://www.ada.gov/business/accessiblemtg.htm

Catholics With Hearing Loss Yahoo Forum Group

If you are Catholic with a hearing loss (mild to profound) and  interested in
discussing with others about how to make the Mass and other parts of church
life more accessible, along with supporting one another spiritually  - Subscribe at

cccatholic-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Group Description

Catholics with Hearing loss interested in having the Mass in CC (CART), audio induction loops and other accommodations, along with conferences and workshops and how to support accessibility in the church and one another.

        Technology and the deaf/hard of hearing

“Advances such as texting, video calls and captioned cell phones have opened up new vistas for communication and knowledge acquisition, and has led to a generation of students who are DHH who know nothing but the ability to communicate electronically.” The list of hearing access technologies is tremendous– Computer Assisted Real time Translation, hearing loops, C-print, real time text generation, multi-media storybooks, etc." 

 (Source: : http://www.listeningandspokenlanguage.org/Document.aspx?id=1760#sthash.QDZuttf7.dpuf)

"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)

Effective communication:   http://www.dartmouth.edu/~accessibility/effcomm/index.html

"Accessible meeting space allows

 everyone to participate." 

(Source: http://www.ada.gov/business/accessiblemtg.htm

                                        ADA Sources

"All of us are covered by the ADA. This is not about a preference, a personal choice, or the opinion of one over another or over a majority."  (Source:  http://network.crcna.org/disability-concerns/q-ada-church-and-americans-disabilities-act)

"The ADA calls us to be aware of and correct what we do that unnecessarily excludes people" (Source: http://network.crcna.org/disability-concerns/q-ada-church-and-americans-disabilities-act)

ADA laws, the Justice Dept and the church (or any religious facility):  http://www.justice.gov/crt/foia/readingroom/frequent_requests/ada_tal/tal057.txt

Churches are encouraged to comply with ADA to reduce discrimination :  http://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/02/09/religious-institutions-exempt-from-ada-but-encouraged-to-comply/

"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)

Effective communication:   http://www.dartmouth.edu/~accessibility/effcomm/index.html

"Accessible meeting space allows

 everyone to participate." 

(Source: http://www.ada.gov/business/accessiblemtg.htm

“Just as with wheelchair access issues, 

advocacy is paramount,” Kasper wrote. 

“Staying at home to avoid problems or 

pretending to understand when we don’t 

will not help us or future generations, and

 joining with others in a cause can be 

rewarding in itself.” (Source:  http://globalaccessibilitynews.com/2011/04/17/hackensack-church-offers-captioning-for-hearing-impaired/)

      Most deaf people do not know Sign Language


"The overwhelming majority of people categorized as deaf by the NHS and SIPP are perfectly fluent speakers of English (or another spoken language) and did not experience any difficulty hearing until well into adulthood (e.g., Blanchfield, Dunbar, Feldman, & Gardner, 1999; Mitchell, 2005). As a consequence, most people who are audiologically deaf do not use sign language."

Source: Draft manuscript accepted for publication in Sign Language Studies, Volume 6, Number 3, 2006 How Many People Use ASL in the United States? Why Estimates Need Updating. Ross E. Mitchell, Travas A. Young, Bellamie Bachleda,and Michael A. Karchmer Gallaudet Research Institute Gallaudet University

"Accessible meeting space allows

 everyone to participate." 

(Source: http://www.ada.gov/business/accessiblemtg.htm

"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)

Examples of Effective communication:   http://www.dartmouth.edu/~accessibility/effcomm/index.html

“Just as with wheelchair access issues, 

advocacy is paramount,” Kasper wrote. 

“Staying at home to avoid problems or 

pretending to understand when we don’t 

will not help us or future generations, and

 joining with others in a cause can be 

rewarding in itself.” (Source:  http://globalaccessibilitynews.com/2011/04/17/hackensack-church-offers-captioning-for-hearing-impaired/)

                             Hearing Aids

Only 1 in 5 Americans who can benefit from a hearing aid, wear one (Source: http://www.epichearing.com/newsroom/hearing-loss-facts-figures/)

What is a T coil?: http://www.hohadvocates.org/index.php?contenttype=Feature&target=home&subtarget=feature&selected=25

"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)

Examples of Effective communication:   http://www.dartmouth.edu/~accessibility/effcomm/index.html

"Accessible meeting space allows

 everyone to participate." 

(Source: http://www.ada.gov/business/accessiblemtg.htm