Realtime Captioning and CART Services and ASL Interpreters Services

The vendor is required to provide for computer assisted real time (CART) service providers for students who are deaf or hard of hearing to allow the students to access audible content as it is delivered during a class session.
- ASL interpreters to provide district-wide Realtime captioning and CART services and interpreting services to be used by agency students.
- Real time spoken words, environmental sounds and audible media captured during a class session to be delivered by captioner to student’s devices, notebook computer or a large display screen via stream text (captioning app).
- Provide the warranties that all of the contract services will be performed in a professional and workmanlike manner and in conformity with industry standards by persons reasonably suited by skill, training and experience for the type of services they are assigned to perform; that the captioner will be responsible complying with all applicable federal, state and local laws in the performance of a resulting contract.
- Captioner application requirements
• Captioner(s) assigned to agency have completed a court reporting program and will provide copies of all applicable certifications and resume with application. 
• Provide, at minimum, two professional references. provide the name of the school, contact person, email, and telephone number. 
• Captioner(s) will have a working knowledge of their cat software, and all captioning equipment, including laptop and steno machine, with abilities to troubleshoot issues immediately. 
• Ability to demonstrate that knowledge in a questionnaire and testing environment scheduled via zoom by CART coordinator. 
• Captioner(s) will submit a rate sheet with costs and explanation of costs. district determines final rates for the contract. 
• Captioners will be responsible for reading, reviewing, and signing CART and Realtime captioner guidelines document upon contract approval.
- Interpreter
• Freelance ASL interpreters for students who are deaf or hard of hearing to facilitate access for students to audible content as it is delivered during a class session.
• Spoken language, environmental sounds and any media that occurs during a class session, must be interpreted into ASL or appropriate visual language by interpreter.
• Interpreter will provide the warranties that all the contract services will be performed in a professional manner and adhere to the interpreter professional code of ethics, by persons reasonably suited by skill, training and experience for the type of services they are assigned to perform; that the interpreter will be responsible for complying with all applicable federal, state and local laws in the performance of a resulting contract.
- Interpreter application requirements
• Interpreter(s) assigned to agency have completed an interpreter training program from an accredited school and certification from NAD, RID, or other professionally recognized certification body, and will provide copies of all applicable certifications and resume with application.
• Provide, at minimum, two professional references. provide the name of contact person, email, and telephone number. 
• Interpreter(s) will have a working knowledge of industry standards for remote interpreting, and equipment and space for providing interpreting online. 
• Ability to demonstrate that knowledge in a questionnaire and testing environment scheduled via zoom or in person by ASL interpreter coordinator. 
• Interpreters will be responsible for reading, reviewing, and signing interpreter guidelines document upon contract approval.