Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning
Updated Feb 22, 2012 8:08 AM
CCAC advocates for inclusion of quality Captioning universally. Captioning and CART (real time speech to text translation without images of those speaking) provides full communication access. Join now to learn more and advocate with the CCAC, free membership for individuals and groups. The Join form can be submitted from the website.
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ARTICLES AND RESOURCES - Introduction

We ask those who encourage the CCAC Mission to add the CCAC Blue Logo and Tag line (Advocate for Captioning Universally) to your homepage or blog, linked to www.ccacaptioning.org - help spread the word, with thanks! Let us know if you do this.

See all the articles listed below, following a short list of more general resources that provide excellent information.: 

a. General advocacy resource - ADA Free Web Course on Disability Rights - self paced - check it out:

b. One good model about inclusion of captioning from the National Park Service - does your organization have this also? http://www.nps.gov/hfc/products/av-accessibility.htm

c. Here's a nice video about "accessible media" in education - important! http://www.georgebrown.ca/media-files/closed-captioning.aspx#maincontent

d. This document from TDI may answer some questions about Television Captioning and Airline Travel -
(from May 2010)

e. http://www.howtobecomeacourtreporter.info/ is about Court Reporters. Court reporting sometimes leads into captioning or CART careers and we like court reporters! 


The photo here shows individualized CART service by a qualified CART professional who types on her steno machine for the student to read all the teacher is saying (on a laptop screen). More than one student can read from the laptop screen, and students at remote locations can learn along at the same time (CART can be distributed widely even to others not in the same location). CART seems to be the "least" known resource, and it's time to educate others and advocate for inclusion of real time text in many places. CART is called STT, Palantype, and Velotypie also, in different countries. 

Have you joined the CCAC membership yet? Add your voice now, captioning is for all of us, and the CCAC needs you and your networks! Membership is free. We are all volunteers.

 January 2011, for distribution: http://www.saywhatclub.com/newsletter/jan2011/interview.html is a good article 
 about the CCAC. Please send it out to your networks, or publish, with credit to the author and Saywhatclub also.

April 2011: Great points made by CART businessperson for all schools and businesses to think about - the expanded
reasons to include CART for all: As a CART provider, I can tell you that we have seen big business post transcripts
in ‘electronic workrooms,’ we have seen professors use them as they prepare to author books, we have even had
some schools sell them...they are primarily used for accessibility, various uses might be a positive by-product
when talking with your administration.  Posting them makes you unique, gives your school additional exposure,
and can be an assistance to the professorial staff. All positives...

 
  • Video: Live theater with captioning. The video itself is not great quality, yet the screen with the captions is super!) Tell the world it can be done. Join the CCAC to inspire others.

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