Subject: RE: 7 tips for locating and screening captioners
From: Karen Mitterer (Karenm@provail.org)
Date: Mon Jul 23 2001 - 14:17:35 PDT
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From: Maureen McGuire [mailto:MMcguire@legalvoice.com]
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 1:15 PM
Subject: 7 tips for locating and screening captioners
Maureen McGuire here from LegalVoice. We work with the National Court
Reporters Association and
wanted to pass along the following information on locating and screening
captioning (CART) providers.
Please let me know if I can provide you with any additional information.
Best regards,
Maureen
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CONTACT:
Maureen McGuire
LegalVoice, Inc.
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Pete Wacht
National Court Reporters Association
703-556-6272 ext. 169
pwacht@ncrahq.org
Seven Tips for Locating, Screening CART Providers
Finding the most qualified Communication Access Realtime Translation
specialists in your area
(Vienna, VA, July 20, 2001) - If you're deaf or hard-of-hearing, you
probably already know how CART
(Communication Access Realtime Translation) technology can help you fully
participate in such activities
as religious services, educational classes and seminars, or medical
appointments. But do you know the
best methods to find and screen CART providers? Below are seven tips from
the National Court
Reporters Association (NCRA) to locate CART services and determine whether a
CART provider is
qualified to effectively and accurately perform realtime translation.
CART providers accompany people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing to meetings,
medical appointments,
religious services, schools and many other events, and, using a stenotype
machine and a laptop, they
instantly transcribe the spoken words into text that a person with hearing
loss can read on a laptop
computer. NCRA is the professional organization for CART providers and
other reporting-based
professions such as court reporting and broadcast captioning. Accordingly,
NCRA has a vested interest in
ensuring that there are enough CART providers to meet the growing demand and
that those offering their
services are qualified, capable and competent.
NCRA is currently developing a professional certification for CART providers
that will set minimum
standards for those who provide this critical service.
"This certification process will include not only speed and accuracy
standards, but also an understanding
of ethics and equipment requirements," explains NCRA President Mike
Brentano. "Until this program is
in place, NCRA is dedicated to providing as much information as possible to
allow CART consumers to
make informed decisions."
SEVEN TIPS FOR LOCATING, SCREENING CART PROVIDERS
1. To find a CART provider in your area, check out "How to Locate a CART
Provider" on NCRA's
Web site at http://cart.ncraonline.org/CART_locate.html. You'll find links
to NCRA's Professional
Services Locator, which lists CART providers and includes their
certifications, other credentials and areas
of experience, and to the membership directory of CARTWheel, which is a
voluntary association of
CART providers committed to adhering to guidelines of quality service and
who have been endorsed by
deaf and hard-of-hearing consumers.
2. While you're at the NCRA Web site, you can familiarize yourself with NCRA
's CART Provider's
Manual, which provides information on the professional skills expected of
qualified CART providers, and
review Sections III and IV of NCRA's Guidelines for Professional Practice,
which set out the ethical
behavior expected of CART providers.
3. The Registered Professional Reporter (RPR) designation at this time is a
requisite for the qualified
CART provider. The RPR certifies the entry-level reporter's ability to
provide a verbatim record at
speeds ranging from 180-225 words per minute with a minimum accuracy of 95
percent. NCRA also
recommends that CART providers earn the Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR)
designation, in which a
CART provider has proven his or her ability to write realtime at variable
speeds ranging from 180-200
words per minute with a minimum accuracy of 96 percent.
4. A qualified CART provider must be able to provide a basic display. Make
sure any CART provider
you hire has a stenotype machine with realtime cable, a notebook computer,
CAT/realtime software and
text-enlarging software. In addition to technology, a qualified CART
provider should also be able to
furnish the small stuff, like an extension cord, a surge protector with an
indicator light, a 3-prong or
2-prong ground cord adapter, additional realtime cable and disks.
5. If you want projection capabilities beyond a laptop screen (i.e.,
multiple monitors, projection screen,
L.E.D. message board), make sure the CART provider is willing to test for
hardware and software
compatibility, and make arrangements to do so.
6. Arrange all payment details in advance, and be sure any quote includes
hourly fees, equipment fees
and charges for each rough-edited disk. A qualified CART provider will be
upfront about all charges.
7. Always ask for references. A qualified CART provider will always share
this information and will be
eager to put you in touch with others who can sing his or her praises!
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