Realtime Captioning is the latest reasonable accommodation to find its home at Accommodating Ideas, Inc. Working alongside AI's nationally acclaimed sign language interpreting program, the Realtime Captioning program is geared toward providing your school, business or conference with tools to develop the most communication-friendly environment possible.
Realtime Captioning, similar to court stenography, is the simultaneous process through which spoken-word English becomes readable English. A highly skilled Captionist, using the aid of cutting-edge computer software, listens and takes down all spoken communication in steno shorthand. The computer then reinterprets the Captionist's shorthand into readable English, which it displays on a computer monitor, television screen, video or overhead projector, or other type of audiovisual device. The communication is instantaneous and fluid. Because all communication is processed through the Captionist's computer in word processing format, disked transcripts are always available and ready for email transmission, incorporation into a database, or printing.
Realtime Captioning is used primarily by people who are deaf and hard of hearing to facilitate communication. Though in many instances people who are deaf and hard of hearing will require a sign language interpreter, Realtime Captioning is often the preferred option of late-deafened individuals and persons who do not use sign language as their primary mode of communication. For these people, Realtime Captioning is the most effective and reasonable accommodation.
Realtime Captioning was pioneered by academic facilities for use in classroom settings containing several persons who were deaf or hard of hearing with various disparate language backgrounds and skills. Since then, Realtime Captioning has come to be viewed as an effective teaching aid, enabling deaf and hard of hearing students to watch Realtime lectures while taking their own notes, and allowing them to have immediate access to classroom transcripts, all of which foster student independence and confidence in an academic setting.
Realtime Captioning is also a viable communication aid outside of the formal scholastic environment. Many businesses have begun implementing Realtime Captioning for employee trainings, staff meetings, stock holder meetings, conventions, and other large venue events. The objective is always to ask those who are deaf and hard of hearing which mode of communication works best for them in the specific setting and then accommodate accordingly.
Accommodating Ideas, Inc. has begun employing Realtime Captionists to facilitate all of your communication needs. Our Captionists have all tested at 160 - 220+ spoken words per minute in multiple voice conversations and provide their own computer equipment, stenography software, and services for a reasonable cost.
Like AI's sign language interpreting program, Realtime Captioning is only one phone call away. Simply call Accommodating Ideas, Inc. and request the date and time you will need a Realtime Captionist. Itıs that easy!
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