CART Captioning
Communication Access Realtime Translation — verbatim real-time captioning provided by trained stenographers or voice writers, typically costing $75-$250 per hour.
Understanding CART Captioning
CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is a professional captioning service where a trained stenographer or voice writer produces verbatim captions in real time. CART providers achieve 98-99% accuracy and are required for certain legal and educational settings under ADA compliance. However, CART services are expensive ($75-$250/hour), require advance booking, and are limited to single-language captioning. AI captioning technology is increasingly providing comparable accuracy for most use cases at a fraction of the cost.
How Selah Translate Uses CART Captioning
Selah Translate provides AI-powered live captioning as an affordable alternative to CART services. For most churches, events, and meetings, AI captioning provides excellent accuracy at a flat monthly rate ($29-49/month) vs CART's per-hour charges. Selah Translate also adds multilingual translation that CART cannot provide.
Related Terms
Real-Time Captioning
The process of displaying text on screen in real time as someone speaks, providing visual access to spoken content for hearing-impaired audiences or multilingual settings.
Closed Captioning
Text display of speech and sound effects that can be toggled on or off by the viewer, typically used for accessibility compliance in broadcast and live events.
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)
Technology that enables computers to understand and transcribe human speech into text, also known as speech-to-text or voice recognition.