UCIS provides Interpreting & CART / Captioning Services for all UConn campuses,
Both in person and/or in a remote capacity (on video platforms).
Step 1: Publicity/Marketing of a livestream event. The coordinator of the event should include information about if an accommodation is needed for a participant of the event. This needs to be on every communication, including digital postings. You can read more on this at: https://accessibility.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1994/2023/09/University-of-Connecticut-Guidelines-for-Accessible-Events.pdf
Something like the following should be used in your marketing of event:
If you require an accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact NAME OF PERSON at PHONE and/or EMAIL by DATE.
Step 2: The second piece to know about a livestream event is that, if you do not know every person that may view it remotely, then you should assume that Live Captioning for the hearing impaired is needed. If you publicized appropriately and did not receive any accommodation requests by the appropriate timeline, you may be able to stream without the Live Captioning.
If you are unsure of accommodations, or you receive one for hearing impaired, fortunately the university has a service that we can request Live Captioning. It is through the UConn Communication Access and Interpreting Services (UCIS). They have a no cost Communication Access Realtime Transcription (CART) service that we can request for Live Captioning. Basically, they hire someone to view the event remotely and provide a URL to the live captioning feed. Also, please note that any video presentations shown during an event need to have captioning in it. UCIS will also ask for presenter names, program schedule, order of presenters, etc.