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"CCAC Letter for distribution. If you copy and use this, please credit this website and the CCAC. Below the letter is more information about why captioning is needed in this "category of life." For immediate distribution (March 2011) (...) Due to the importance of this assistive technology, the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) recognizes CART as an auxiliary aid that is considered an effective communication access for those who depend on it. Not only is it an effective assistive technology for those with hearing loss, but also, captioning is useful for people who are learning "English as a second language, children learning how to read and visual learners". (...)"

"Real Time Captioning for Employment and Work Settings (Captioning and CART) Prepared by the CCAC (Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning, a voluntary grass-roots advocacy and education network, see www.ccacaptioning.org) October 2011 Thirty six million Americans today are deaf, deafened, or have a hearing loss, roughly one person in every ten (a conservative estimate). For communication access that allows them to participate and contribute their skills and expertise throughout the lifespan, quality inclusion of captioning is essential for many. Accessible communication technologies have advanced in recent years, especially services and systems providing speech-to-text translation. This is a brief overview of captioning considerations for employers and employees on captioning inclusion, benefiting not only all with hearing needs, but many others with language differences. (...)"

"Realtime Captioning for the Hard of Hearing - Cutting Edge Technology to Help You Communicate Effectively with your Clients and Market your Practice By Janet L. Smith, JD Law Office of Janet L. Smith, PS (...) * Meeting: Provide agendas, handouts, speeches or other material beforehand to enable the CART provider to become familiar with the presentation and prepare for the assignment. Seat the CART provider in the same location as the consumer. If you have more than one or two consumers, it may be necessary to project onto a screen. * Courtroom: Provide information to the CART provider before the proceedings -- i.e., pleadings, deposition word indexes or other documents -- to enable the CART provider to become familiar with the case and prepare for the assignment. Seat the CART provider in the same location as the consumer requiring CART, whether at counsel table, the witness stand, jury box or bench. * Additional Hints: "

"BROADCAST CLOSED CAPTIONING Closed captioning can be extremely helpful in at least three different situations: It has been a great boon to hearing-impaired television viewers. It can also be helpful in noisy environments. For example, a TV in a noisy airport terminal can display closed captioning and still be usable Some people use captions to learn English or learn to read. For one good video on this, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OROk7fkY-OE&cc_load_policy=1 Closed captioning is embedded in the television signal and becomes visible when you use a special decoder, either as a separate appliance or built into a television set. The decoder lets viewers see captions, usually at the bottom of the screen, that will tell them what is being said or heard on their favorite TV shows. Since 1993, television sets with screens of 13 inches or more that are sold in the United States must have built-in decoders, under the Television Decoder Circuitry Act. Set-top decoders are available, too, for older TV sets. (...)"