CART Technical Proficiency and Equipment Management 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: During a live CART session, a speaker repeatedly uses a new product name that keeps appearing as an untranslate. What is the best immediate action?
- Fingerspell the term every time it appears
- Stop writing until the session ends and fix it in editing
- Ask the speaker to stop using the product name
- Define the term on the fly in the job dictionary using the CAT software's quick-define feature (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Define the term on the fly in the job dictionary using the CAT software's quick-define feature
Quick-defining during the session makes every later stroke translate correctly in realtime.
Question 2: Why do CART providers commonly keep a separate job dictionary for each client or course?
- Because job dictionaries are required by the ADA
- To lower the file size of transcripts
- To keep client-specific terms from creating conflicts in the main dictionary (Correct answer)
- Because CAT software can only open one dictionary at a time
Correct answer: To keep client-specific terms from creating conflicts in the main dictionary
Job dictionaries keep specialized entries apart so they don't cause conflicts or mistranslations in other jobs.
Question 3: A remote CART provider sees the streaming text falling several seconds behind the speaker. Which factor is most likely to blame?
- The steno machine's key tension
- The number of entries in the main dictionary
- The font size on the consumer's display
- Unstable or low-bandwidth internet connection (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Unstable or low-bandwidth internet connection
Lag in remote streaming usually comes from network problems, not from the writer or the display settings.
Question 4: What is the main purpose of a stroke conflict in a steno dictionary being resolved?
- To shrink the dictionary file
- To let the software skip punctuation
- To make sure one steno outline produces one predictable translation in realtime (Correct answer)
- To turn off automatic capitalization
Correct answer: To make sure one steno outline produces one predictable translation in realtime
Unresolved conflicts force a choice or produce wrong words, which hurts realtime accuracy.
Question 5: Before an in-person CART assignment, which equipment check is most important?
- Confirm the venue has printed agendas
- Confirm the speaker's slides use a large font
- Confirm the room temperature is comfortable
- Confirm the writer, laptop, cables, and consumer display connect and translate correctly (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Confirm the writer, laptop, cables, and consumer display connect and translate correctly
Testing the full chain from writer to consumer display before the session prevents failures during it.
Question 6: A CART provider's laptop battery is low and no outlet is near the seat. What is the best practice?
- Lower the screen brightness and hope it lasts
- Tell the consumer the session will end early
- Switch to writing on paper notes
- Carry a fully charged spare power bank or extension cord and get the seat changed before the session if needed (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Carry a fully charged spare power bank or extension cord and get the seat changed before the session if needed
Planning for backup power keeps equal access going without interruption.
Question 7: Which feature of CAT software lets the consumer read realtime text on their own device through a web browser?
- Dictionary maintenance
- Audio sync playback
- A streaming text service or realtime output link (such as StreamText) (Correct answer)
- Global find-and-replace
Correct answer: A streaming text service or realtime output link (such as StreamText)
Streaming services send realtime text to a URL that consumers can open on any browser.
CART Technical Proficiency and Equipment Management 2
During a live CART session, a speaker repeatedly uses a new product name that keeps appearing as an untranslate.
What is the best immediate action?