Captions & Transcripts (live)

Issue

A virtual event held on a platform that doesn’t provide captioning or live translation to American Sign Language is inaccessible to people with disabilities that affect their hearing.


What to do

Use a platform that provides auto captioning and make sure it’s turned on. Provide a transcript of the event afterward. Consider hiring live Communication Access Real-time Translation (CART) transcription or ASL translation.

Also see: How-to: Set up Communication Access Real-time Translation (CART) services

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Who’s affected

People who:

  • Are Deaf or hard of hearing 

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