Real-time Captioning Techniques Flashcards

When providing remote CART, which factor most directly affects the provider's ability to write accurately?

Answer: Audio quality reaching the provider

Remote providers can only write what they hear clearly, so audio quality is critical.

What is the term for the delay between spoken words and their appearance on the consumer's screen?

Answer: Latency

Latency is the lag between speech and caption display, and it should be kept as short as possible.

Which of these is a good technique for writing an unfamiliar proper name that is only spoken once?

Answer: Fingerspell it with the steno alphabet

Fingerspelling produces a readable name without needing a dictionary entry.

In realtime software, what does a 'global' change do?

Answer: Applies a dictionary or text change everywhere the item occurs

Globals change every instance of a word or outline across the file or dictionary.

A provider writes two words that should be separate, but the software joins them into one. What realtime tool usually fixes this?

Answer: A word-boundary or space stroke

Word-boundary errors are fixed with dedicated space or no-space strokes and better outline choices.

Why should CART providers avoid relying on 'read-back' style editing after a session to fix realtime errors?

Answer: The consumer reads the text live, so errors must be avoided in the moment

CART is consumed in real time, so accuracy at the moment of writing is what gives access.

Which punctuation habit best improves readability of realtime captions?

Answer: Writing periods and question marks consistently with dedicated strokes

Consistent sentence-ending punctuation helps consumers follow the meaning and the flow.