ASL/CART Services

It is important that all events are accessible to individuals with disabilities. To learn more about best practices, please see our page on creating accessible events.

There are a lot of free applications that provide automated captioning. These tools have come a long way, and currently provide a 50-90% accuracy rate. You should…

ASL Interpretation is the most prominent type of interpreting used today. ASL Interpreters provide cultural and linguistic expertise in their interpretations between American Sign Language ASL and English. 

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:

Registration Page

Step 2: Approved for Accommodations/in need of support? Schedule a meeting with the…

All guests are assigned a Rutgers unique identifier known as a NetID, comprised of initials and a unique number (e.g. jqs23). In order to access many of the electronic services available to you at Rutgers, all ASL Interpreters and CART captioners need to activate a Rutgers NetID. Their assigned NetID will be given to you by email. NETID’s allow for Canvas Access. In canvas you may keep up to date on class announcements, zoom room updates, and preparatory materials. 

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Students approved through the Office of Disabilities Services (ODS) will provide professors with a Letter of Accommodation (LOA) indicating they require American Sign Language (ASL), CART captioning, an FM System or closed captioning for their lectures. Typically, you will receive an email from the ODS prior to this, asking for information to enable you to make appropriate arrangements for your course.

Getting started? Learn more about how to best accommodate students with ASL/CART Captioning accommodations via the following LOA…

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

1. Log in to …

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…

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