@h2h and others...I wonder how many people who tune into MCC know what CART* is?

It's been fascinating watching this type of communication access evolve via participation in HLAA. I remember way back when a person at meetings actually wrote a summary of a presentation on a whiteboard as it was happening.

Then it graduated to writing on a slide that was projected on a screen. Then to being typed from a laptop that used an intermediary device to project it on a screen.

In time it was done by court reporters who used special equipment to project it on a much larger screen.

Court reporting skills are still being used for CART but we also have speech to text available now. Not as accurate as a qualified CART provider, but it helps in many situations.

It wasn't until 1993 that TVs started being required by law to include the equipment to pick up captions. Think how that has evolved. HLAA was deeply involved in all this happening. I can't imagine how my life had been without captions.

CART is done independently when it's used for communication access. People who attend meetings should learn about it and request it. NOTE: The involvement and job the person who succeeded with this lawsuit had. He obviously 'knew the ropes' when it came to personal advocacy.

*CART Computer Assisted Realtime Transliteration