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Accessible Events
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is committed to maintaining an inclusive, welcoming and accessible educational, working and living environment for people of all abilities across all of the University campuses. Rutgers University strives for our campus experiences to be universally designed and useable by all people to the extent possible.
It is everyone's responsibility at the University to ensure that our campus activities, events, programs…
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Confidentiality of Student Information
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Contacts for Rutgers Offices of Disability Services
The Office of Disability Services-Camden
Paul Robeson Library
300 4th Street
Camden, NJ 08102
Offices 133,134,135
Phone: 856.225.2717
Fax: 856.225.6084
E-mail: disability-services@camden.rutgers.edu
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Dragon Naturally Speaking
Dragon Naturally Speaking by Nuance has become the leader in Speech to Text and Speech Command. They offer several different products, each which have been enhanced to fulfill a specific need. It is important you review the specification of each product to choose the right one for you.
Speech CommandIt is recommended by Nuance to use Dragon Professionals Individual license for the desktop. This version has been optimize to control common operations on your computer. Specific software may require macros. For assistance with setting…
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Getting Started with ASL/CART
Students
All students approved for ASL, CART, FM Systems or Closed Captioning should follow the steps below to ensure they have their accommodations in place for all of their courses, meetings, and events:
Step 1: Looking to register for accommodation? Learn more:
Step 2: Approved for Accommodations/in need of support? Schedule a meeting with the…
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GUIDELINES FOR HOSTING ACCESSIBLE EVENTS, PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is committed to maintaining an inclusive, welcoming and accessible educational, working and living environment for people of all abilities across all of the University campuses. Rutgers University strives for our campus experiences to be universally designed and useable by all people to the extent possible.
It is everyone's responsibility at the University to ensure that our campus activities, events, programs, and services provide inclusive participation for all attendees.…
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Merging video and caption files
To begin you will need to have a video file (i.e .mp4) and a caption file (i.e .vtt, .srt). There are several programs you can do this with, below are the 2 that we would recommend
Kaltura - Preferred- Log in to …
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Setting up ASL or CART in Zoom
In many cases, depending on how long your class is or the nature of the content matter, the student may be assigned multiple American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreters. These individuals utilize signs, facial expressions, and body postures to communicate to the student what is happening during your class. The student will sometimes also use this to communicate to you, through the ASL interpreter.
It is important to note, you should always talk directly to the student, and not their interpreter…
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Types of Captioning services
Suitable for open access, where there isn't an individual with a disability participating. Automated captions average only about 50-90% accuracy. To enable automated Zoom captions:
- Open your RU zoom session
- Click CC - Show captions
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Using Zooms Automated Captions
Automated Captions are now available for all Rutgers Zoom accounts. Once activated by the host, all users will have the opportunity to benefit from this feature.
Activating Automated CaptionsTo activate the automated captions for users, the host will need to start closed captioning. To do so:
- After launching your meeting, click on the Live Transcript button, located at the bottom of the zoom window (next to Record).
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Zoom and Zoom Accessibility
Zoom is a Web conferencing tool with combination of video, voice, content sharing, and chat functions for online meetings or courses.
Rutgers now has a university-wide license for Zoom. Rutgers Information Technology Services, ITS has created a Zoom Home page with information on Creating a Rutgers Zoom Account, a…