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Mike,<br>
I don't know what you mean by transcriber but I'm guessing it's
someone that types on a regular keyboard? If so, then yes, CART is
very much faster and more accurate than that. Typists can't keep
up with speech, CART can.<br>
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If you have decent cell phone coverage at your church, try using a
smart phone that can be a wifi hotspot. That's what we do for my
Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA) support group that meets
at my church. The CART provider not only transcribes the meetings
for those who are attending but also uses a phone's hotspot to
connect to the internet to allow home-bound and out-of-town members
to attend the meeting as well. She also uses streamtext's ability
to allow users to log in and send text to enable those members to
send in comments (and votes if it's a board meeting).<br>
<br>
I don't think you want to go the route of buying the transcribing
program. You would still need a CART provider to operate the
stenotype machine and the program itself costs thousands with a
hefty yearly subscription fee.<br>
<br>
I've had 20 years of experience with CART and sign language
interpreting and CART is your best option for someone who is very
hard-of-hearing or has gone deaf and isn't proficient in sign
language. I'm also the vice president of a non-profit that provides
CART for support groups (HLA, ALDA, a few others) and for deaf
counseling. I know it can be done. Keep looking. You might want
to try starting here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ncrasourcebook.com/listing/results.php?keyword=&service_type=5&category_id=&location_1=&location_3=&location_4=&dist=&zip=">http://www.ncrasourcebook.com/listing/results.php?keyword=&service_type=5&category_id=&location_1=&location_3=&location_4=&dist=&zip=</a>
and putting in your location. Your state may also have it's own
listing of CART providers. <br>
<br>
Bill<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/12/2016 05:23 AM, Mike Fryer
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<div>This sounds very interesting with applications way beyond
providing text for Deaf people. I assume the advantage of using
a stenographer over a transcriber is that using the stenotype
would be quicker and more accurate? The problem for us is that
we don't have the resources to employ either a transcriber or
stenographer and we don't even have internet access in our
church building! </div>
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<div>This is a method that we could definitely think about using
in the future so many thanks for describing it. Do you know what
software is available for translating the shorthand?</div>
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<div>Best wishes</div>
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<div>Mike</div>
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Mike,<br>
Rather than trying a voice-to-text app, which can be
difficult, slow, with grammar errors (auto-complete), try
setting up remote CART. CART stands for Communication
Access Real-time Translation. Basically, a CART provider
listens in to the sermon at his/her home (or wherever) -
usually through a cell phone used by the person talking -
and codes it in
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;
charset=windows-1252">
<span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25); font-family:
'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
line-height: 23px; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space:
normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline
!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">shorthand </span>with a stenotype machine.
Special software in a computer (usually a laptop)
translates the shorthand from the stenotype into words.
These words are then broadcast live over the internet on a
site such as <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.streamtext.net/">www.streamtext.net</a>.
It's a very quick, reliable, established method and it can
be accessed either on a computer or smart phone.<br>
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I have a good friend who just started her own local
Christian radio show and she's also a CART provider and
the sign interpreter at my church. Because of her
knowledge and background, she provides remote CART for her
radio show. Her deaf friends (some who live a thousand
miles away) "listen" in. It's an amazing experience: the
deaf listening to a radio show .. who would have thought?<br>
If you want to see a start page for the remote CART, it's
here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.streamtext.net/player?event=">http://www.streamtext.net/player?event=</a><br>
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If you want more information and want to see about
providing this for your church, contact me privately and I
can give you contact information to get you started.<br>
<br>
Oh, and one other thing ... it provides a transcript of
the sermon, which can also be posted on your website, or
printed out, archived, etc.<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
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