CART Real-time Captioning Techniques 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does a 'brief' refer to in stenographic realtime writing?
- A short summary of the session
- A legal document prepared by attorneys
- A short outline that writes a long word or phrase in one stroke (Correct answer)
- A pause in speaker delivery
Correct answer: A short outline that writes a long word or phrase in one stroke
Briefs save strokes by writing long words or phrases in a single stroke.
Question 2: Writing common word groups like 'I don't know' in one stroke is called what?
- Phrasing (Correct answer)
- Fingerspelling
- Globaling
- Scoping
Correct answer: Phrasing
Phrasing combines frequent word groups into single strokes to keep up with fast speech.
Question 3: The speaker suddenly speeds up past the provider's comfortable writing speed. What is generally the best CART technique?
- Stop writing until the speaker slows down
- Write only every other sentence
- Ask the speaker to repeat everything
- Keep writing, use briefs and phrases, and stay as verbatim as possible (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Keep writing, use briefs and phrases, and stay as verbatim as possible
Steady writing with briefs and phrases keeps output continuous instead of leaving large gaps.
Question 4: Why do CART providers usually write numbers with a number bar or number-specific strokes?
- So numbers translate correctly as digits or words according to the provider's style (Correct answer)
- Because numbers can't be written phonetically
- To avoid speaker identification errors
- Because software ignores spelled-out numbers
Correct answer: So numbers translate correctly as digits or words according to the provider's style
Dedicated number strokes produce predictable digit output and avoid misreadings.
Question 5: An untranslate appears on the consumer's screen in raw steno. What is the best immediate response?
- Delete the entire paragraph
- Pause the session to fix it
- Keep writing and, if the word recurs, define it on the fly (Correct answer)
- Turn off realtime display
Correct answer: Keep writing and, if the word recurs, define it on the fly
Keeping pace matters most, and defining the outline on the fly stops it from happening again.
Question 6: What is the main function of automatic paragraphing or a paragraph stroke in CART output?
- Change the font size
- Break text into readable chunks at topic or speaker changes (Correct answer)
- Save the transcript file
- Delete the previous line
Correct answer: Break text into readable chunks at topic or speaker changes
Paragraph breaks make streaming text easier to follow and scan.
Question 7: A consumer asks whether the provider will clean up false starts and filler words. In a verbatim CART setting, what is the standard approach?
- Remove all filler words automatically
- Rewrite sentences for grammar
- Summarize each speaker's point
- Capture speech as spoken, including meaningful false starts, as closely as possible (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Capture speech as spoken, including meaningful false starts, as closely as possible
Verbatim CART aims for word-for-word access so consumers get the same information hearing participants get.
CART Real-time Captioning Techniques 3
What does a 'brief' refer to in stenographic realtime writing?