Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
3 results found in Deaf Access.
- 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…
- 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), …
- Visual Dispersion (Visual Attention Splitting, Gaze Switching)
- The challenge faced by deaf and hard of hearing individuals when they must divide their visual attention between multiple simultaneous information sources, such as a speech-to-text display, presentati…