Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
4 results found in Accommodation.
- CART (Communication Access Real-Time Translation, Real-Time Captioning, Stenography, Real-Time Stenography)
- A real-time captioning service where a trained stenographer uses a specialized keyboard to transcribe speech into text as it is spoken, typically with only a few seconds of delay. CART provides word-f…
- Meeting Accommodation (Meeting Accessibility)
- Adjustments, services, or technologies provided to ensure that people with disabilities can fully participate in meetings, lectures, and group activities. Common meeting accommodations include sign la…
- Notetaker (Note Taker, Note-Taker)
- A person or service that takes notes on behalf of someone who cannot effectively take their own notes during a lecture, meeting, or event. Notetakers are a common accommodation for deaf and hard of he…
- Real-Time Captioning (Live Captioning, Live Speech-to-Text)
- The process of converting spoken language to text simultaneously or with minimal delay as the speech occurs. Real-time captioning can be produced by human transcriptionists (CART, C-Print, TypeWell), …