

Events whose participants are known to require captions or that are focused on disability-related topicsĮvents using an automated captioning system MUST publish an accommodation statement providing attendees with contact information to request additional captioning or other accommodations.Events that communicate timely information or that require immediate follow-up action by participants.Events that communicate critical legal, financial, or medical information.Events that are expected to have more than 200 participants.Such systems are appealing from a cost and logistics standpoint – but must only be used when appropriate.Īpproved automated captioning systems may be used in all but the following circumstances: There are several vendors that provide live captioning services produced using real-time speech-to-text algorithms, without the assistance of a human captioner.
