ACCESSIBILITY

ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

We are a leading provider of accessibility accommodations for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind Communities. KARASCH provides captioning, transcription and interpretation, Braille and American Sign Language – on-site and remote.

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CART CAPTIONING

Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) is the process of turning the spoken word into captioned text… live! We provide real-time captioning for lectures, presentations, conferences, events and meetings in almost any format and setting. Our expert captioners transcribe the spoken word into text displayed on a screen with 98% accuracy, all within 2-4 seconds. KARASCH provides both on-site and remote captioning - either by placing the CART technician in the location of the transcribed event or connecting them over the internet.

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MEANING FOR MEANING CAPTIONING

Our certified and dedicated captioners deliver real-time written text summaries of speech to individual participants, clarifying the message and allowing fast-paced accessibility and interaction. This service is most often used in educational and professional settings such as lectures, meetings and appointments where verbatim captioning could obscure the meaning.

Meaning for meaning is provided to participants in accessible formats.

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AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

American Sign Language is a language that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf Communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada. ASL can be provided on-site or remotely in a classroom, business meeting or at events.

Our certified and dedicated captioners deliver real-time written text summaries of speech to individual participants, clarifying the message and allowing fast-paced accessibility and interaction. This service is most often used in educational and professional settings such as lectures, meetings and appointments where verbatim captioning could obscure the meaning.

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NOTE-TAKING

Note-taking is the process of taking verbatim or summarized notes from lectures or meetings and presenting them in a readable format. When it comes to note-taking, there are myriad formats, levels of accuracy and turn-around times available, depending on individual needs. KARASCH provides three tiers of note-taking services for your meetings, lectures, classes, presentations or conferences.

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TRANSCRIPTION

KARASCH creates 99% accurate transcripts from pre-recorded audio or video files. Our transcriptions are verbatim, executed by experts in our field, and always delivered on-time. The result is a precise and accurate record of any meeting, conference, lecture or event.

AUDIO DESCRIPTION

To make any content accessible to visually impaired participants, KARASCH provides real-time audio description of any non-verbal elements, actions and events taking place. This service is a useful and important accommodation in theatrical settings, during live-streamed events such as lectures, presentations or shows, as well as during meetings and lectures. Actions and events taking place in a live meeting, stream, presentation or lecture are described verbally over the user's audio platform of choice.

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BROADCAST CAPTIONING

Broadcast captioning requires a specialized type of software and exceptionally skilled captioners. KARASCH most often uses broadcast captioners for TV programs as well as live, large-scale, public events. Or, simply, if a client specifically requests it. KARASCH has provided thousands of hours of captioning shown on Broadcast & Cable TV and during high-publicity events.

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INTERNET CAPTIONING & LIVE STREAMING

Our captioners are experts in live online captioning providing text transcription to any streamed event or video on the internet. We are ready to seamlessly integrate our captions into YouTube, Zoom, Facebook or any other platform or channel of your choosing, making your stream or online meeting instantly accessible.

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BRAILLE CART

Captioning can be provided also for Deaf-Blind participants of any event, meeting or lecture. In order to provide Braille CART, our certified CART captioners connect their output to Braille readers of individual participants, allowing them to interact with the conversation in real time.

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